Myoelectric Definition
mīō-ĭ-lĕktrĭk
adjective
Designating or of electricity generated in a muscle or muscles that is then picked up, amplified, and used to operate various attached prosthetic devices.
Webster's New World
Using, or pertaining to, myoelectricity.
A myoelectric prosthesis uses EMG signals or potentials from voluntarily contracted muscles within a person's residual limb on the surface of the skin to control the movements of the prosthesis.
Wiktionary
Origin of Myoelectric
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myo- +"Ž electric
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