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    KINAESTHESIA

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    The ability to feel movements of the limbs and bodyplay

    Synonyms:

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

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

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

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

    Derivation:

    kinaesthetic (of or relating to kinesthesis)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    The perception of body position and movement and muscular tensions etcplay

    Synonyms:

    feeling of movement; kinaesthesia; kinesthesia

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

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

    somatosense (any of the sensory systems that mediate sensations of pressure and tickle and warmth and cold and vibration and limb position and limb movement and pain)

    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)

    Derivation:

    kinaesthetic (of or relating to kinesthesis)

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