stereotaxis /ster·eo·tax·is/ (-tak´sis)
stereotaxis [ster″e-o-tak´sis]
2. thigmotaxis.
ster·e·o·tax·is (st r  - -t k s s) or ster·e·o·tax·y (str--tks)n. 1. A surgical technique that uses medical imaging to precisely locate in three dimensions an anatomical site to which a surgical instrument or a beam of radiation is directed. Also called stereotactic surgery. 2. Movement of an organism in response to contact with a solid body. Also called thigmotaxis. ster e·o·tactic (-tktk), stere·o·taxic (-tksk), stere·o·tacti·cal (-tkt-kl), stere·o·taxi·cal (-tks-kl) adj. |
stereotaxis [ster″e-o-tak´sis]
taxis in response to contact with a solid object or rigid surface.
stereotaxis, stereotropism
movement or growth in response to contact with a solid or rigid surface.
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