myogenic

English

Etymology

From myo- +‎ -genic, after French myogénique.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /mʌɪəˈdʒɛnɪk/

Adjective

myogenic (comparative more myogenic, superlative most myogenic)

1. (embryology) Forming muscle fibres; pertaining to myogenesis. [from 19th c.]
2. (physiology, medicine) Originating in muscle tissue; specifically, pertaining to contractile activity that is produced by the muscles independent of any neural mechanism. [from 19th c.]
   • 1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society, published 2016, page 558:

     Gaskell, using frogs' hearts, proved that the heartbeat was, as Haller had suggested, of myogenic origin.

Derived terms

• micromyogenic
• premyogenic
• promyogenic

Anagrams

• geomycin