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1. The perception of body position and movement and muscular tensions etc
   - kinesthesia [N. Amer], feeling of movement
    
2. The ability to feel movements of the limbs and body
   - kinesthesis [N. Amer], kinaesthesis [Brit, Cdn], kinesthesia [N. Amer], kinesthetics [N. Amer], muscle sense, sense of movement

Derived forms: kinaesthesias

See also: kinaesthetic [Brit, Cdn]

Type of: proprioception, somaesthesia [Brit, Cdn], somaesthesis [Cdn], somataesthesis, somatesthesia, somatic sense, somatic sensory system, somatosense, somatosensory system, somesthesia [N. Amer], somesthesis [N. Amer]

Encyclopedia: Kinaesthesia