STEREOTACTIC

Specialty Definition: STEREOTACTIC

Domain	Definition
Health	Radiotherapy that treats brain tumors by using a special frame affixed directly to the patient's cranium. By aiming the X-ray source with respect to the rigid frame, technicians can position the beam extremely precisely during each treatment. (references)
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Crosswords: STEREOTACTIC

Specialty definitions using "STEREOTACTIC": radiation surgery. (references)

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Commercial Usage: STEREOTACTIC

Domain	Title
Books	Stereotactic Atlas of the Macaca Mulatta Thalamus and Adjacent Basal Ganglia Nuclei (reference) Asian Society for Stereotactic, Functional & Computer-Assisted Neurosurgery: 2nd Congress, Nagano Prefecture, November 1996 - Invited Papers & abstra (reference) Contemporary Stereotactic Radiosurgery: Technique and Evaluation (reference) Physical Aspects of Stereotactic Radiosurgery (reference) Radiosurgery 1995: 2nd International Stereotactic Radiosurgery Society Meeting, Boston, Mass, June 14-17, 1995 (Radiosurgery, Vol. 1) (reference) (more book examples)
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Non-Fiction Usage: STEREOTACTIC

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		The gamma knife, used for a procedure known technically as stereotactic gamma knife radiosurgery, combines precise stereotactic guidance and a sharply focused beam of radiation energy to deliver a single, precise dose of radiation. (references)
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Usage Frequency: STEREOTACTIC

"STEREOTACTIC" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "STEREOTACTIC" is used about 10 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	100%	10	111,207

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: STEREOTACTIC

Expressions using "STEREOTACTIC": stereotactic biopsy ♦ stereotactic radiosurgery ♦ stereotactic radiotherapy. Additional references.
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: STEREOTACTIC

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
stereotactic breast biopsy	30
biopsy stereotactic	25
stereotactic radiosurgery	24
stereotactic	21
biopsy core stereotactic	7
angiogenesis anti antiangiogenesis biops brachytherap cancer carcinoma chemoprevention chemotherap gamma hodgkin knife leukemia lymph lymphoma melanoma metastasis myeloma node oncolog oncolog photodynamic radiotherap sarcoma stereotactic therap tumor	5
stereotactic radiation	5
stereotactic surgery	4
pittsburgh radiosurgery stereotactic	4
in pa radiosurgery stereotactic	4
biopsy needle stereotactic	4
pennsylvania radiosurgery stereotactic	3
radiotherapy stereotactic	3
biopsy core needle stereotactic	3
in pennsylvania radiosurgery stereotactic	2
prostate stereotactic	2
breast stereotactic	2
laparoscopic stereotactic thoracoscopic	2
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Modern Translation: STEREOTACTIC

Language		Translations for "STEREOTACTIC"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
French		radiothérapie stéréotactique (stereotactic radiotherapy), neurochirurgie stéréotaxique (stereotactic neurosurgery), dispositif de maintien céphalique (stereotactic ring). (various references)

German		Grundring (stereotactic ring). (various references)

Greek		κατευθυνόμενη βιοψία (stereotactic biopsy), στερεοτακτική,κυτταρολογική αναρρόφηση με λεπτή βελόνα (stereotactic fine needle aspiration cytology), στερεοτακτικά μηχανήματα (stereotactic equipment), βιοψία με στερεοτακτική ακτινογραφία (X-ray guided stereotactic biopsy). (various references)

Italian		radioterapia stereotattica (stereotactic radiotherapy). (various references)

Pig Latin		ereotacticstay

Spanish		radioterapia estereotáctica (stereotactic radiotherapy). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: STEREOTACTIC

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-c-c-e-e-i-o-r-s-t-t-t"
	-3 letters: catteries, cocreates, esoterica, tectrices.
	-4 letters: accretes, acrostic, ariettes, attester, attestor, cattiest, cicorees, citators, citrates, coattest, cocreate, coerects, cortices, coteries, cottiers, cristate, ecstatic, ectosarc, esoteric, iterates, octettes, rattiest, ricottas, scattier, steatite, teariest, tectites, testator, titrates, toastier, treaties, treatise, tristate.
	-5 letters: accrete, acerose, acetose, acrotic, aeriest, arctics, ariette, artiest, artiste, ascetic, astrict, attires, attrite, carices.
	Words containing the letters "a-c-c-e-e-i-o-r-s-t-t-t"
	+1 letter: electrostatic.
	+2 letters: electrostatics.
	+5 letters: electrostatically.
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