| What does kinesthesia mean? | we found 3 entries for the meaning of kinesthesia |
kinaesthesia \kin`aes*the"sia\, kinaesthesis \kin`aes*the"sis\,
n. [NL., fr. Gr. kinei^n to move + ? perception.]
(Physiol.)
The perception attendant upon the movements of the muscles;
the sensation accompanying movement of the muscles. [Also
spelled kin`es*the"sia and kin`es*the"sis.]
--Bastian.
[1913 Webster] Kinaesthetic
Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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kinesthesia \kin`es*the"sia\, kinesthesis \kin`es*the"sis\
kinesthetic \kin`es*thet"ic\
See kinaesthesia, kinaesthesis, and kinaesthetic.
[PJC]
Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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kinesthesia noun
1: the perception of body position and movement and muscular
tensions etc [syn: kinaesthesia, feeling of movement]
2: the ability to feel movements of the limbs and body [syn: kinesthesis,
kinaesthesis, kinaesthesia, kinesthetics, muscle
sense, sense of movement] [ant: kinanesthesia]
Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
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