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(OP-tih-kul spek-TROS-koh-pee)
| | In medicine, a technique that uses low power light, fiberoptic instruments, and detectors to examine tissue. It is being studied as a way to identify differences between normal cells and precancerous cells, and as a way to identify cancer cells that remain in the edges of tumor tissue removed from a patient. |
| Previous Definitions: | optic chiasma, optic nerve, optic pathway glioma, optic tract, optical coherence tomography | | Next Definitions: | oral, oral and maxillofacial surgeon, oral cancer, oral cavity, oral cavity cancer |
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