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electromyograph

noun
elec路​tro路​myo路​graph | \ i-藢lek-tr艒-藞m墨-蓹-藢graf How to pronounce electromyograph (audio) \

Definition of electromyograph

: an instrument that converts the electrical activity associated with functioning skeletal muscle into a visual record or into sound and is used to diagnose neuromuscular disorders and in biofeedback training
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Other Words from electromyograph

electromyographic \ i-​藢lek-​tr艒-​藢m墨-​蓹-​藞gra-​fik How to pronounce electromyographic (audio) \ adjective
electromyographically \ i-​藢lek-​tr艒-​藢m墨-​蓹-​藞gra-​fi-​k(蓹-​)l膿 How to pronounce electromyographically (audio) \ adverb
electromyography \ i-​藢lek-​tr艒-​m墨-​藞盲-​gr蓹-​f膿 How to pronounce electromyography (audio) \ noun

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 A group of Finnish scientists wired gamers with skin meters, cardiac monitors, and facial electromyographs and found that getting killed in a game produces the same positive emotions as beating an opponent or completing a level. — Clive Thompson, WIRED, "Halo 3: How Microsoft Labs Invented a New Science of Play," 21 Aug. 2007

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First Known Use of electromyograph

1944, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for electromyograph

electr- + my- + -graph

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electromyograph

noun
elec路​tro路​myo路​graph | \ -藢graf How to pronounce electromyograph (audio) \

Medical Definition of electromyograph

: an instrument that converts the electrical activity associated with functioning skeletal muscle into a visual record or into sound and has been used to diagnose neuromuscular disorders and in biofeedback training

Other Words from electromyograph

electromyographic \ -​藢m墨-​蓹-​藞graf-​ik How to pronounce electromyographic (audio) \ adjective
electromyographically \ -​i-​k(蓹-​)l膿 How to pronounce electromyographically (audio) \ adverb
electromyography \ -​m墨-​藞盲g-​r蓹-​f膿 How to pronounce electromyography (audio) \ noun, plural electromyographies

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