electromyography
1Electromyography — Not to be confused with Electronystagmography (ENG), Electrocardiography (ECG), or Electroencephalography (EEG). Electromyography Intervention ICD 9 CM 93.08 MeSH …
2electromyography — noun see electromyograph …
3electromyography — See electromyographic. * * * Process of graphically recording the electrical activity of muscle, which normally generates an electric current only when contracting or when its nerve is stimulated. Electrical impulses are shown as wavelike… …
4electromyography — noun A technique for evaluating and recording the activation signal of muscles. Syn: EMG See Also: electromyogram, electromyograph …
5electromyography — 1. The recording of electrical activity generated in muscle for diagnostic purposes; both surface and needle recording electrodes can be used, although characteristically the latter is employed, so that the procedure is also called needle… …
6electromyography — n. production and study of electromyograms (graphic records of the electrical activity of muscles) …
7electromyography — [ɪˌlɛktrə(ʊ)mʌɪ ɒgrəfi] noun the recording of the electrical activity of muscle tissue by means of electrodes. Derivatives electromyogram noun electromyograph noun electromyographic adjective electromyographically adverb …
8electromyography — n. continuous recording of the electrical activity of a muscle by means of electrodes inserted into the muscle fibres. The tracing is displayed on an oscilloscope. The technique is used for diagnosing various nerve and muscle disorders and… …
9electromyography — /əˌlɛktroʊmaɪˈɒgrəfi/ (say uh.lektrohmuy ogruhfee), /i / (say ee ) noun a method of investigating the action of muscles by tracking the electrical activity associated with this action, which makes use of electrodes either placed on the skin over… …
10electromyography — noun diagnosis of neuromuscular disorders with the use of an electromyograph (Freq. 1) • Hypernyms: ↑diagnostic procedure, ↑diagnostic technique …
