myogenicadj.
/ˌmʌɪə(ʊ)ˈdʒɛnɪk/, U.S. /ˌmaɪoʊˈdʒɛnɪk/ 1. Embryology. That forms muscle or muscle fibres; of or relating to myogenesis.
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1855 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 145 244 These bodies being the first rudiments of the muscular fibres..are designated by M. Lebert ‘myogenic cells’.
1935 Proc. Royal Soc. 1934–5 B. 116 147 Some myogenic tissue was therefore present in most of the limb rudiments.
1974 Nature 10 May 106/2 Bromodeoxyuridine (BUdR)-suppressed myogenic cells synthesise actin destined for the cell surface.
1991 New Scientist 27 July 28/2 The genetic switch in the muscle cascade is turned on as early as 10 hours after fertilisation, by a protein locking on to a piece of the gene called the myogenic promoter.
2002 Jrnl. Cell Physiol. 191 69 We investigated this question using the C2C12 cell model of myogenic differentiation.
2. Physiology and Medicine. Originating in or produced by muscle tissue; spec. designating, relating to, or exhibiting contractile activity that is intrinsic to muscle and independent of neural mechanisms.
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the world > life > the body > structural parts > muscle > [adjective]
lacertous?a1425
musculous?a1425
muscled1628
musculous1653
muscular1670
musculary1679
musculose1684
nervo-muscular1833
intermuscular1834
neuromyic1841
neuromuscular1864
thewed1864
intramuscular1874
myogenic1876
myoneural1905
neuromyal1926
1876 R. J. Dunglison Dunglison's Dict. Med. Sci. (rev. ed.) at Paralysis Myogenic Paralysis, partial muscular paralysis dating from very early life.
1888 Proc. Royal Soc. 44 206 The spontaneous rhythmic power possessed by the terminal parts of the great veins, the auricles, and the ventricles, seems, in some conditions at least, to be myogenic.
1904 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 17 Sept. 682 Is conduction in the heart due to muscle or nerve—is it myogenic or neurogenic?
1914 Science 4 Dec. 803/1 The modern revival of the myogenic theory [of the heart's action] is the work of Engelmann and Gaskell.
1927 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 215 378 The rhythmical movements of smooth muscle are myogenic in origin.
1963 Obstetrics & Gynecol. 22 199 (title) Uncommon myogenic tumors of the female generative tract.
1987 M. S. Laverack & J. Dando Lect. Notes Invertebr. Zool. (ed. 3) xxvi. 154/1 Molluscan hearts are typically myogenic.
2001 Pain 91 323 (title) TMJ disorders and myogenic facial pain.
Derivatives
myoˈgenically adv.
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1969 R. F. Chapman Insects xxviii. 586 The tymbal muscle contracts myogenically so that stimulation by a single nervous impulse produces a series of contractions.
1986 Ecology 67 1034/1 Larger butterflies, such as the monarch Danaus plexippus,..are able to produce a significant amount of heat myogenically during a flight.
1998 Brit. Jrnl. Pharmacol. 123 815 Neither tubocurarine nor tetrodotoxin blocked the contraction suggesting that it was caused myogenically.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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