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myoelectric

adjective

myoelectric is an adjective meaning “Using, or pertaining to, myoelectricity” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled M-Y-O-E-L-E-C-T-R-I-C, and it appears about once in every 46 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).

What does myoelectric mean?

adjective

  1. 1

    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.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

How common is myoelectric?

Myoelectric appears about once in every 46 million words in written English, the 209,386th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

Where does myoelectric come from?

From myo- + electric.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).