optical spectroscopy

Meaning of optical spectroscopy: In medicine, a technique that uses low power light, fiberoptic instruments, and detectors to examine tissue.

Definition of optical spectroscopy

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 cells that may become cancer, and as a way to identify cancer cells that remain in the edges of tumor tissue removed from a patient.