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myoelectric

myoelectric adjective: using, or pertaining to, myoelectricity.

Adjective

myoelectric (not comparable)

  1. Using, or pertaining to, myoelectricity
    • A myoelectric prosthesis uses EMG signals or potentials from voluntarily contracted muscles within a person's residual limb on the surface of the skin to control the movements of the prosthesis.

Origin of myoelectric

From myo- + electric.

Words formed from myoelectric

Questions about myoelectric

What does myoelectric mean?
Myoelectric means using, or pertaining to, myoelectricity.
What part of speech is myoelectric?
Myoelectric is an adjective.

Words near myoelectric in the dictionary

  1. myodystrophic
  2. myodystrophies
  3. myodystrophy
  4. myoelastic
  5. myoelastofibrosis
  6. myoelectric
  7. myoelectrical
  8. myoelectrically
  9. myoelectricity
  10. myoencephalopathy
  11. myoendocardial

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