KINAESTHESIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does kinaesthesis mean? 

• KINAESTHESIS (noun)
  The noun KINAESTHESIS has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: KINAESTHESIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• KINAESTHESIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The ability to feel movements of the limbs and body

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

kinaesthesia; kinaesthesis; kinesthesia; kinesthesis; kinesthetics; muscle sense; sense of movement

Hypernyms ("kinaesthesis" is a kind of...):

proprioception (the ability to sense the position and location and orientation and movement of the body and its parts)