myology

English

Etymology

From myo- +‎ -logy.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /mʌɪˈɒlədʒi/

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)”, 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.

Derived terms

• oral myology

 

Related terms

• myologic
• myological
• myologist

Translations

Translations

• French: myologie (fr) f
• Spanish: miología (es) f

See also

• myotomy