PROPRIOCEPTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does proprioception mean? 

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

1. the ability to sense the position and location and orientation and movement of the body and its parts

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PROPRIOCEPTION (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)

 Context examples 

Studies in mice suggest that Piezo2 is found in the neurons that control touch and proprioception.

(“Sixth sense” may be more than just a feeling, NIH)

The results establish that PIEZO2 is a touch and proprioception gene in humans.

(“Sixth sense” may be more than just a feeling, NIH)

With the help of two young patients with a unique neurological disorder, an initial study by scientists at the National Institutes of Health suggests that a gene called PIEZO2 controls specific aspects of human touch and proprioception, a sixth sense describing awareness of one’s body in space.

(“Sixth sense” may be more than just a feeling, NIH)