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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun 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.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as thigmotaxis.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun stereotactic surgery
  • noun The movement of an organism when touched; thigmotaxis

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  • Introduction to stereotaxis, with an atlas of the human brain (1959) Stuttgart (Germany): G.

    More Parts of the Puzzle Zoe Brain 2008

  • For more information, please go to www. stereotaxis.com.

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  • For more information, please go to www. stereotaxis.com.

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  • The 70 hospital has four cath labs, three electrophysiology suites, one stereotaxis suite, and three fully integrated cardiovascular operating rooms; in addition to a Level I Trauma emergency department. $77 mil. construction cost / completion

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