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KINAESTHESIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The ability to feel movements of the limbs and body
Synonyms:
kinaesthesia; kinaesthesis; kinesthesia; kinesthesis; kinesthetics; muscle sense; sense of movement
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("kinaesthesia" is a kind of...):
proprioception (the ability to sense the position and location and orientation and movement of the body and its parts)
Derivation:
kinaesthetic (of or relating to kinesthesis)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The perception of body position and movement and muscular tensions etc
Synonyms:
feeling of movement; kinaesthesia; kinesthesia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("kinaesthesia" is a kind of...):
somatosense (any of the sensory systems that mediate sensations of pressure and tickle and warmth and cold and vibration and limb position and limb movement and pain)
somaesthesia; somaesthesis; somataesthesis; somatesthesia; somatic sense; somatic sensory system; somatosensory system; somesthesia; somesthesis (the faculty of bodily perception; sensory systems associated with the body; includes skin senses and proprioception and the internal organs)
Derivation:
kinaesthetic (of or relating to kinesthesis)
