Etymology

mechanomyogram

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Today it means: The low-frequency mechanical signal observable from the surface of a muscle when the muscle is contracted. Full definition →

English myogram ← Middle English mekanyk ← Old French mecanique
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The story

  1. Latinmēchanicus
  2. Old Frenchmecanique
  3. Middle Englishmekanyk
  4. Englishmechan(ic)
  5. Englishmechano-
  6. Englishmyogram
  7. English todaymechanomyogram

From mechano- + myogram.

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