'kinesthesia' definitions:
Definition of 'kinesthesia'
(from WordNet)
noun
The perception of body position and movement and muscular tensions etc [syn: kinesthesia, kinaesthesia, feeling of movement]
noun
The ability to feel movements of the limbs and body [syn: kinesthesis, kinaesthesis, kinesthesia, kinaesthesia, kinesthetics, muscle sense, sense of movement] [ant: kinanesthesia]
Definition of 'kinesthesia'
From: GCIDE
- kinesthesia \kin`es*the"sia\, kinesthesis \kin`es*the"sis\ kinesthetic \kin`es*thet"ic\ See kinaesthesia, kinaesthesis, and kinaesthetic. [PJC]
Definition of 'kinesthesia'
From: GCIDE
- 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