Definition of proprioception Proprioception
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What does proprioception mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: proprioceptions |
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| proprioception - the ability to sense the position and location and orientation and movement of the body and its parts | ||
| interoception sensitivity to stimuli originating inside of the body | ||
| somaesthesis, somataesthesis, somatic sense, somatic sensory system, somatosensory system, somesthesis, somaesthesia, somatesthesia, somesthesia the faculty of bodily perception; sensory systems associated with the body; includes skin senses and proprioception and the internal organs | ||
| kinaesthesis, kinesthesis, kinesthetics, muscle sense, sense of movement, kinaesthesia, kinesthesia the ability to feel movements of the limbs and body | ||
| kinanesthesia inability to sense movement | ||
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Wiktionary 
Wikipedia 
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Proprioception is the sense that people have of knowing where the parts of their body are. It is also called kinesthtic sense.
Proprioception is used when a person touches the tip of their nose while keeping their eyes closed. Even though they cannot see their finger or their nose, they can sense how to touch them together.
Part of speech
🔤- proprioception, noun, singular of proprioceptions.
