myology

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From myo- +‎ -logy.

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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)”, in 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”, in 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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