noun
the ability to feel movements of the limbs and body
• Syn: ↑kinesthesis, ↑kinaesthesis, ↑kinesthesia, ↑kinaesthesia, ↑kinesthetics, ↑sense of movement
• Ant: ↑kinanesthesia (for: ↑kinesthesia)
• Derivationally related forms: ↑kinaesthetic (for: ↑kinaesthesia), ↑kinesthetic (for: ↑kinesthesia), ↑kinesthetic (for: ↑kinesthesis)
• Hypernyms: ↑proprioception
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noun : sensations arising from proprioceptors in the muscles and including those that are usually held to give rise to awareness of the position in space of body parts
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Psychol., Physiol.
a sense of movement derived from afferent nerves originating in tendons, muscle tissue, skin, and joints; proprioception.
[1890-95]
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muscle sense or muscular sense noun
Kinaesthesis
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Main Entry: ↑muscle
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muscle sense,
the sensations accompanying movements of parts of the body, caused by sense receptors located in the muscles, joints, and tendons.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.