"proprioception" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌpɹəʊ.pɹi.əʊˈsɛp.ʃən/ [UK], /ˌpɹoʊ.pɹi.oʊˈsɛp.ʃən/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-proprioception.wav [Southern-England] Forms: proprioceptions [plural]
Etymology: From proprioceptor, from Latin prōprius (“one's own”) + reception. Coined by neurophysiologist Charles Scott Sherrington in 1906. Etymology templates: {{m|en|proprioceptor}} proprioceptor, {{af|en|prōprius|reception|gloss1=one's own|lang1=la}} Latin prōprius (“one's own”) + reception, {{coin|en|Charles Scott Sherrington|in=1906|nobycat=1|occ=neurophysiologist}} Coined by neurophysiologist Charles Scott Sherrington in 1906 Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} 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. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Senses Synonyms: kinesthesia (english: broadly synonymous) Related terms: proprioceptional, proprioceptive, proprioceptor, proprioceptory Coordinate_terms: exteroception, interoception Translations (sense of the position of parts of the body): propiocepció [feminine] (Catalan), 本體感覺 (Chinese Mandarin), 本体感觉 (běntǐ gǎnjué) (Chinese Mandarin), proprioception [common-gender] (Danish), proprioceptie [feminine] (Dutch), propriocepto (Esperanto), proprioceptado (Esperanto), propriotseptsioon (Estonian), asentoaisti (Finnish), proprioseptiikka (Finnish), proprioseptio (Finnish), proprioception [feminine] (French), Propriozeption [feminine] (German), Tiefensensibilität [feminine] (German), ιδιοδεκτικότητα (idiodektikótita) [feminine] (Greek), propriocepció (Hungarian), izom helyzetérzékelés (Hungarian), ízületi helyzetérzékelés (Hungarian), ízületi és izom mozgás- és helyzetérzékelés (Hungarian), ízületi és izom mozgásérzékelés (Hungarian), izom mozgásérzékelés (Hungarian), ízületi mozgásérzékelés (Hungarian), propriocezione [feminine] (Italian), 심부감각 (simbugamgak) (Korean), propriosepsjon [masculine] (Norwegian), propriocepção [feminine] (Portuguese), кинестезия (kinestezija) [feminine] (Russian), проприоце́пция (propriocépcija) (Russian), propiocepción [feminine] (Spanish), proprioception [common-gender] (Swedish), пропріоце́пція (propriocépcija) [feminine] (Ukrainian)

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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "propriosepsjon"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "sense of the position of parts of the body",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "propriocepção"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kinestezija",
      "sense": "sense of the position of parts of the body",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "кинестезия"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "propriocépcija",
      "sense": "sense of the position of parts of the body",
      "word": "проприоце́пция"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "sense of the position of parts of the body",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "propiocepción"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "sense of the position of parts of the body",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "proprioception"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "propriocépcija",
      "sense": "sense of the position of parts of the body",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "пропріоце́пція"
    }
  ],
  "word": "proprioception"
}

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