noun
deep brain stimulation; DBS
Medical term for a neurosurgical procedure that uses implanted electrodes to stimulate specific brain areas, often used for movement disorders like Parkinson's disease.
パーキンソン病の治療に脳深部刺激療法が用いられることがある。
Deep brain stimulation is sometimes used to treat Parkinson's disease.
Compound of 脳 (nō, 'brain'), 深部 (shinbu, 'deep part'), 刺激 (shigeki, 'stimulation'), and 療法 (ryōhō, 'therapy'). A direct translation of the English medical term 'deep brain stimulation'.