Medical term:

stereotaxis


stereotaxis

 [ster″e-o-tak´sis]
taxis in response to contact with a solid object or rigid surface.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.

ster·e·o·tax·is

(ster'ē-ō-tak'sis),
1. Three-dimensional arrangement.
2. Stereotropism, but applied more exactly where the organism as a whole, rather than a part only, reacts.
3. Synonym(s): stereotaxy
[stereo- + G. taxis, orderly arrangement]
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stereotaxis

(stĕr′ē-ə-tăk′sĭs, stîr′-) also

stereotaxy

(stĕr′ē-ə-tăk′sē, stîr′-)
n.
A method in neurosurgery and neurological research for locating points within the brain using an external, three-dimensional frame of reference usually based on the Cartesian coordinate system.
ster′e·o·tac′tic (-tăk′tĭk), ster′e·o·tax′ic (-tăk′sĭk)(-tăk′tĭ-kəl)(-tăk′sĭ-kəl), ster′e·o·tac′ti·cal (-tăk′tĭ-kəl)(-tăk′sĭ-kəl), ster′e·o·tax′i·cal (-tăk′sĭ-kəl) adj.
ster′e·o·tac′ti·cal·ly, ster′e·o·tax′i·cal·ly adv.
The American Heritage® Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2007, 2004 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

ster·e·o·tax·is

(ster'ē-ō-tak'sis)
1. Three-dimensional arrangement.
2. Stereotropism, but applied more exactly when the organism as a whole, rather than a part only, reacts.
3. Synonym(s): stereotaxy.
[stereo- + G. taxis, orderly arrangement]
Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012

stereotaxis

a response to contact with a solid body, characteristic of animals living in cracks and crannies.
Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005

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