kinesthetic sensation

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• kinesthetic — (adj.) also kinaesthetic, pertaining to kinesthesia, 1880, coined by British neurologist Henry Charlton Bastian (1837 1915) from Gk. kinein to move (see CITE (Cf. cite)) + aisthesis sensation (see ANAESTHESIA (Cf. anaesthesia)). Perhaps on model… …   Etymology dictionary

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• kinesthesia — kinesthetic /kin euhs thet ik/, adj. /kin euhs thee zheuh, zhee euh, zee euh, kuy neuhs /, n. the sensation of movement or strain in muscles, tendons, and joints; muscle sense. Also, kinaesthesia, kinesthesis. [1875 80; < Gk kin(eîn) to move, set …   Universalium

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