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proprioceptive

prop·rio·cep·tive

uncommon

adjective

1.

of or relating to proprioception

Origin

Coined by English neurophysiologist Charles Sherrington in 1906, originally in the spelling proprio-ceptive, from proprius + clipped receptive.

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