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Kinesiology

//kəˌni.ziˈɔ.lə.d͡ʒɪ// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The study of body movement. countable, uncountable

    "The two are often one and the same, says Walt Thompson, professor of kinesiology at Georgia State University and lead author of the ACSM survey – although functional fitness can apply to the younger generation as well."

  2. 2
    the branch of physiology that studies the mechanics and anatomy in relation to human movement wordnet
  3. 3
    The application of such principles to the diagnosis and treatment of muscular imbalance. countable, uncountable

Etymology

From kinesi- + -ology.

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