kinaesthesia (redirected from Kinæsthetic)

kinaesthesia [ˌkɪnɪsˈθiːzɪə ˌkaɪn-], kinaesthesis US, kinesthesia, kinesthesis

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Physiology) the sensation by which bodily position, weight, muscle tension, and movement are perceived Also called muscle sense

[from New Latin, from Greek kinein to move + aesthesia]

kinaesthetic  US, kinesthetic [ˌkɪnɪsˈθɛtɪk ˌkaɪn-] adj

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	kinaesthesia - the perception of body position and movement and muscular tensions etc feeling of movement, kinesthesia somatosense - any of the sensory systems that mediate sensations of pressure and tickle and warmth and cold and vibration and limb position and limb movement and pain somatic sense, somatic sensory system, somatosensory system, somaesthesis, somataesthesis, somesthesis, somaesthesia, somatesthesia, somesthesia - the faculty of bodily perception; sensory systems associated with the body; includes skin senses and proprioception and the internal organs
	2.	kinaesthesia - the ability to feel movements of the limbs and body kinesthesis, kinesthetics, muscle sense, sense of movement, kinaesthesis, kinesthesia proprioception - the ability to sense the position and location and orientation and movement of the body and its parts