proprioception
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proprioception
- /ˌpɹəʊ.pɹi.əʊˈsɛp.ʃən/ UK
- /ˌpɹoʊ.pɹi.oʊˈsɛp.ʃən/ US
Where it comes from
From proprioceptor, from Latin proprius (“one's own”) + reception. Coined by British neurophysiologist Charles Scott Sherrington in 1906.
noun proprioceptions
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The sense of the position of parts of the body, relative to other neighbouring parts of the body.
[…] it is achieved through a neuromuscular feedback system known as proprioception or kinaesthetic awareness, as well as through an auditory control system in which the ear monitors the sound and makes […]
Similar: kinesthesia, sixth sense
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noun sense of the position of parts of the body
| Español | propiocepción, propriocepción |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 심부감각 simbugamgak |
| 中文 | 本體感覺 /本体感觉 běntǐ gǎnjué, 本體感受 /本体感受 běntǐgǎnshòu |
| Português | propriocepção |
| Français | proprioception |
| Deutsch | Propriozeption, Tiefensensibilität |
| Italiano | propriocezione |
| Ελληνικά | ιδιοδεκτικότητα idiodektikótita |
| Русский | кинестезия kinestezija, проприоце́пция propriocépcija |
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title = {proprioception},
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