kinesthesia meaning

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kinesthesia (noun): the perception of body position and movement and muscular tensions etc.

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kinesthesia has 2 meanings in this dictionary.

kinesthesia as a noun

  1. the perception of body position and movement and muscular tensions etc

    Synonyms: kinaesthesia, feeling of movement

    Type of: somatosense, somesthesia

    Related forms: kinesthetic

  2. the ability to feel movements of the limbs and body

    Synonyms: kinesthesis, kinaesthesis, kinaesthesia, kinesthetics, muscle sense, sense of movement

    Opposite: kinanesthesia

    Type of: proprioception

    Related forms: kinesthetic

Scrabble score: 18 (letter breakdown)

Word lists: words starting with KI · words ending in IA · 11-letter words

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