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electromyographic

electromyographic adjective: relating to electromyography.

Adjective

electromyographic (not comparable)

  1. Relating to electromyography.
    • In analogous studies in humans, when subjects view unpleasant pictures, there is an increase in the magnitude of the eyeblink reflex (measured from surface electromyographic recording from the orbicularis oculi muscle) in response to a brief burst of noise (28 ).2000 July 28, Richard J. Davidson et al., “Dysfunction in the Neural Circuitry of Emotion Regulation--A Possible Prelude to Violence”, in Science, volume 289, number 5479, →DOI, pages 591–594
    • Recordings of electromyographic activity from the arm during practice of this task suggest that participants gradually learn to recruit new arm muscles and precisely control the timing of activations of these muscles in order to compensate for the force field (30 ).1997 August 8, Reza Shadmehr, Henry H. Holcomb, “Neural Correlates of Motor Memory Consolidation”, in Science, volume 277, number 5327, →DOI, pages 821–825

Origin of electromyographic

From electromyography + -ic.

Questions about electromyographic

What does electromyographic mean?
Electromyographic means relating to electromyography.
What part of speech is electromyographic?
Electromyographic is an adjective.

Words near electromyographic in the dictionary

  1. electromyogram
  2. electromyograms
  3. electromyograph
  4. electromyographer
  5. electromyographers
  6. electromyographic
  7. electromyographical
  8. electromyographically
  9. electromyographies
  10. electromyographist
  11. electromyographists

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