Medical term:
kinesthesia
kinesthesia
[kin″es-the´zhah]the sense by which position, weight, and movement are perceived. adj., adj kinesthet´ic.
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kin·es·the·si·a
(kin'es-thē'zē-ă),1. The sense perception of movement; the muscular sense.
2. An illusion of moving in space.
Synonym(s): kinesthesis
[G. kinēsis, motion, + aisthēsis, sensation]
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kinesthesia
(kĭn′ĭs-thē′zhə, kī′nĭs-)n.
The sense that detects bodily position, weight, or movement of the muscles, tendons, and joints.
kin′es·thet′ic (-thĕt′ĭk) adj.
kin′es·thet′i·cal·ly adv.
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proprioception
(1) The internal sense of the relative position of the body’s musculoskeletal units with each other and the effort needed to move them.(2) Kinaesthetic sense, see there.
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kin·es·the·si·a
(kin'es-thē'zē-ă)1. The sense perception of movement; the muscular sense.
2. An illusion of moving in space.
Synonym(s): kinaesthesia.
Synonym(s): kinaesthesia.
[G. kinēsis, motion, + aisthēsis, sensation]
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kin·es·the·si·a
, kinesthesis (kin'es-thē'zē-ă, -sis)1. Sense perception of movement; muscular sense.
2. Illusion of moving in space.
Synonym(s): kinaesthesia, kinaesthesis.
Synonym(s): kinaesthesia, kinaesthesis.
[G. kinēsis, motion, + aisthēsis, sensation]
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