proprioception

From proprioceptor, from Latin prōprius (“one's own”) +‎ reception. Coined by neurophysiologist Charles Scott Sherrington in 1906.[1]

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌpɹəʊ.pɹi.əʊˈsɛp.ʃən/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌpɹoʊ.pɹi.oʊˈsɛp.ʃən/
• Hyphenation: pro‧prio‧cep‧tion

proprioception (countable and uncountable, plural proprioceptions)

1. The sense of the position of parts of the body, relative to other neighbouring parts of the body.
   • 2003, James Stark, Bel Canto: A History of Vocal Pedagogy, University of Toronto Press, →ISBN, page 30:

     […] 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 […]

• kinesthesia (broadly synonymous)

• exteroception
• interoception

• proprioceptional
• proprioceptive
• proprioceptor
• proprioceptory

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proprioception f (plural proprioceptions)

1. proprioception

• “proprioception”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.