Definition of Gamma knife

1. Noun. (medicine) a machine that produces and focuses beams of gamma-rays at a specific location in the body, used to burn-up diseased tissues ¹

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Medical Definition of Gamma knife

1. A special multi-source irradiation machine which focus a high intesity of irradiation on a small area: it is used as local therapy in especially brain tumours. This is investigational and is not part of the routine array of cancer treatments. (16 Dec 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gamma Knife

gamma camera
gamma cameras
gamma cell of pancreas
gamma crystallin
gamma decay
gamma decays
gamma efferent
gamma emission
gamma encephalography
gamma fibres
gamma function
gamma globulin
gamma globulins
gamma hydroxybutyrate
gamma iron
gamma knife (current term)
gamma knives
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gamma motor neurons
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gamma ray
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gammacism
gammadia
gammadion
gammadions

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