kinesthesia

kin·es·the·sia  (kns-thzh, kns-)

n.

The sense that detects bodily position, weight, or movement of the muscles, tendons, and joints.

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[Greek knein, to move; see kei-² in Indo-European roots + esthesia.]

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kines·thetic (-thtk) adj.

kines·theti·cal·ly adv.

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kinesthesia

Medicine. the sense by which movement, weight, position, etc. are perceived. — kinesthetic, adj.

See also: Perception

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	kinesthesia - the perception of body position and movement and muscular tensions etc feeling of movement, kinaesthesia 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.	kinesthesia - the ability to feel movements of the limbs and body kinaesthesis, kinesthesis, kinesthetics, muscle sense, sense of movement, kinaesthesia proprioception - the ability to sense the position and location and orientation and movement of the body and its parts kinanesthesia - inability to sense movement