Medical Dictionary

stereotactic radiosurgery

noun

Medical Definition of STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY

:  a surgical technique involving the use of narrow beams of radiation (as gamma rays) that are precisely targeted by stereotactic methods to destroy tumors or lesions especially of the brain

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