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electromyograph

American  
[ih-lek-troh-mahy-uh-graf, -grahf] / ɪˌlɛk troʊˈmaɪ əˌgræf, -ˌgrɑf /

noun

  1. a device for recording electric currents from an active muscle to produce an electromyogram. EMG

Other Word Forms

  • electromyographic adjective
  • electromyographically adverb
  • electromyography noun

Etymology

Origin of electromyograph

First recorded in 1945–50; electro- + myograph

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