myoelectricadj.
/ˌmʌɪəʊᵻˈlɛktrɪk/, U.S. /ˈˌmaɪoʊəˈlɛktrɪk/, /ˈˌmaɪoʊiˈlɛktrɪk/ Chiefly Medicine.
Designating or relating to the electric currents associated with muscular action; (of a prosthetic limb) operated by such currents.
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electromotive1800
neuroelectric1843
bioelectric1849
rheoscopic1851
anelectrotonic1862
monophasic1888
off1903
on1903
bioelectrical1910
neuroelectrical1914
rheobasic1917
myoelectric1955
myoelectrical1970
1955 C. K. Battye et al. in Jrnl. Bone & Joint Surg. 37B 506 (title) The use of myo-electric currents in the operation of prostheses.
1963 Aerospace Med. 34 267/1 By attempting to move his arms, the pilot generates muscle action potentials, or myoelectric signals, which may be utilized as a control source.
1965 D. Francis Odds Against xx. 246 The myo-electric arm..worked entirely by harnessing the tiny electric currents generated in one's own remaining muscles.
1980 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 12 July 126/1 The ‘bionic arm’, or more accurately the myoelectric hand, must be compared with the mechanical hand commonly supplied to upper-limb amputees in Britain.
1990 D. Paul in A. Parfrey Apocalypse Culture (rev. ed.) 135 Wiener..was the first to suggest using myoelectric currents (produced by contracting muscle fiber) to control the motions of prosthetic limbs.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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