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PROPRIOCEPTION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The ability to sense the position and location and orientation and movement of the body and its parts
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("proprioception" is a kind of...):
interoception (sensitivity to stimuli originating inside of the body)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "proprioception"):
kinaesthesia; kinaesthesis; kinesthesia; kinesthesis; kinesthetics; muscle sense; sense of movement (the ability to feel movements of the limbs and body)
kinanesthesia (inability to sense movement)
equilibrium; labyrinthine sense; sense of balance; sense of equilibrium; vestibular sense (a sensory system located in structures of the inner ear that registers the orientation of the head)
Holonyms ("proprioception" is a part of...):
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)
