• Myology

    Pronunciation

    • UK IPA: /mʌɪˈɒlÉ™dÊ’i/

    Origin

    From - + logy + -.

    Full definition of myology

    Noun

    myology

    (uncountable)
    1. (anatomy) The physiological study of muscles.
      • 2000, M. Yabe, V. G. Sideleva, Myological peculiarities of the comephoridae: an endeimc fish taxon in Lake Baikal (Pisces: Teleostei), K. Minoura (editor), Lake Baikal: A Mirror in Time and Space for Understanding Global Change Processes, page 306,Examination of the myology of the Comephoridae, an endemic fish family in Lake Baikal, has revealed their morphological peculiarities.
      • 2003, Christian de Muizon, Christine Argot, Chapter 4: Comparative anatomy of the Tiupampa didelphimorphs; an approach to locomotory habits of early marsupials, Menna Jones, Mike Archer, Chris Dickman (editors), Predators with Pouches: The Biology of Carnivorous Marsupials, page 61,Given this, there is an urgent need for detailed compared behavioural and anatomical studies of dasyurids, especially focused on osteology, myology and arthrology.
      • 2008, Betty Harper Fussell, Raising Steaks: The Life and Times of American Beef, page 210,He greets me as if I'd been waiting all my life to learn the secrets of Bovine Myology and Muscle Profiling.
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