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electromyography (EMG)

monitoring the electrical function of muscles using needles placed in the muscle itself or electrodes on the skin surface

epidural

in the space outside the dura

epidural abscess

an infection in the space outside the dura

extruded disc

a portion of the central part of the disc (nucleus pulposus) that passes through the outer annulus and is free within the spinal canal