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electromyography
Pronunciation (ē-lek′trō-mī-og′ră-fē)
- 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 electrode examination.
- Umbrella term for the entire electrodiagnostic study performed in the EMG laboratory, including not only the needle electrode examination, but also the nerve conduction studies.
[electro- + G. mys, muscle, + graphō, to write]
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