English > proprioception: 1 sense > noun 1, cognitionMeaning | The ability to sense the position and location and orientation and movement of the body and its parts. |
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Part of | somesthesia, somesthesis, somaesthesia, somaesthesis, somatesthesia, somataesthesis, somatosensory system, somatic sensory system, somatic sense | The faculty of bodily perception |
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Narrower | equilibrium, labyrinthine sense, vestibular sense, sense of balance, sense of equilibrium | A sensory system located in structures of the inner ear that registers the orientation of the head |
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kinanesthesia | inability to sense movement |
kinesthesis, kinaesthesis, kinesthesia, kinaesthesia, kinesthetics, muscle sense, sense of movement | The ability to feel movements of the limbs and body |
Broader | interoception | sensitivity to stimuli originating inside of the body |
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Spanish | propiocepción |
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Adjectives | proprioceptive | of or relating to proprioception |
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