HyperDic: proprioception

English > 1 sense of the word proprioception:
NOUNcognitionproprioceptionthe ability to sense the position and location and orientation and movement of the body and its parts
English > proprioception: 1 sense > noun 1, cognition
MeaningThe ability to sense the position and location and orientation and movement of the body and its parts.
Part ofsomesthesia, somesthesis, somaesthesia, somaesthesis, somatesthesia, somataesthesis, somatosensory system, somatic sensory system, somatic senseThe faculty of bodily perception
Narrowerequilibrium, labyrinthine sense, vestibular sense, sense of balance, sense of equilibriumA sensory system located in structures of the inner ear that registers the orientation of the head
kinanesthesiainability to sense movement
kinesthesis, kinaesthesis, kinesthesia, kinaesthesia, kinesthetics, muscle sense, sense of movementThe ability to feel movements of the limbs and body
Broaderinteroceptionsensitivity to stimuli originating inside of the body
Spanishpropiocepción
Adjectivesproprioceptiveof or relating to proprioception

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