kinesthesia

kinesthesia
1. The sense perception of movement; the muscular sense. 2. An illusion of moving in space. [G. kinesis, motion, + aisthesis, sensation]

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kin·es·the·sia .kin-əs-'thē-zh(ē-)ə, .kī-nəs- or kin·es·the·sis -'thē-səs or chiefly Brit kin·aes·the·sia or kin·aes·the·sis n, pl -the·sias or -the·ses -.sēz a sense mediated by end organs located in muscles, tendons, and joints and stimulated by bodily movements and tensions also sensory experience derived from this sense see MUSCLE SENSE
kin·es·thet·ic or chiefly Brit kin·aes·thet·ic -'thet-ik adj
kin·es·thet·i·cal·ly or chiefly Brit kin·aes·thet·i·cal·ly -i-k(ə-)lē adv

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kin·es·the·sia (kin″es-theґzhə) [kine- + esthesia] 1. the awareness of movement, weight, tension, and position of body parts, which is dependent on input from joint and muscle receptors and hair cells. 2. movement sense.

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