kinaesthesia
SENSE OF THE RELATIVE POSITION OF ONE'S OWN PARTS OF THE BODY AND STRENGTH OF EFFORT BEING EMPLOYED IN MOVEMENT
Properception; Kinesthesics; Proprioceptive; Kinesthesia; Kinaesthesia; Prioperception; Proprioperception; Kinesthetic; Position sense; Kinesthesis; Proprioconception; Kenesthetics; Kinæsthetic; Proprioceptor; Propioceptors; Proprioceptors; Kinaesthetic; Prioproception; Pathway for proprioception; Unconscious proprioception; Proprioreceptor; Muscle sense; Kinesthetic sense; Myesthesia; Conscious proprioception; Proprioception and kinesthesia; Kinaesthesis; Kinæsthesis; Proprioceptive feeling; Joint position sense; Kinæsthesia; Proprioceptive system; Position sense loss; Mathematical models of proprioceptors; Exteroceptive
[?k?n?s'?i:z??, ?k??n-]
(US kinesthesia)
¦ noun awareness of the position and movement of the parts of the body by means of sensory organs (proprioceptors) in the muscles and joints.
Derivatives
kinaesthetic adjective
Origin
C19: from Gk kinein 'to move' + aisthesis 'sensation'.