1. The perception of body position and movement and muscular tensions etc
   - kinaesthesia [Brit, Cdn], feeling of movement 
2. The ability to feel movements of the limbs and body
   - kinesthesis [N. Amer], kinaesthesis [Brit, Cdn], kinaesthesia [Brit, Cdn], kinesthetics [N. Amer], muscle sense, sense of movement

Derived forms: kinesthesias

See also: kinesthetic [N. Amer]

Type of: proprioception, somaesthesia [Brit, Cdn], somaesthesis [Cdn], somataesthesis, somatesthesia, somatic sense, somatic sensory system, somatosense, somatosensory system, somesthesia [N. Amer], somesthesis [N. Amer]

Antonym: kinanesthesia

Encyclopedia: Kinesthesia

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