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proprioception

prop·rio·cep·tion

UK/ˌpɹəʊ.pɹi.əʊˈsɛp.ʃən/ US/ˌpɹoʊ.pɹi.oʊˈsɛp.ʃən/ uncommon

noun

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the ability to sense the position and location and orientation and movement of the body and its parts

Origin

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

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