kinaesthesia

2 definitions found

kinaesthesia - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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

kinaesthesia - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  kinaesthesia
      n 1: the perception of body position and movement and muscular
           tensions etc [syn: kinesthesia, kinaesthesia, feeling of movement
           ]
      2: the ability to feel movements of the limbs and body [syn:
         kinesthesis, kinaesthesis, kinesthesia, kinaesthesia,
         kinesthetics, muscle sense, sense of movement] [ant:
         kinanesthesia]