kinesthesia

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

kinesthesia
    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}]

from The 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

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

kinesthesia \kin`es*the"sia\, kinesthesis \kin`es*the"sis\
kinesthetic \kin`es*thet"ic\
   See {kinaesthesia}, {kinaesthesis}, and {kinaesthetic}.
   [PJC]

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