Proprioceptive

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or pertaining to proprioception. not-comparable

    "[I]t’s becoming clear, as our understanding of it improves, that improving or maintaining our proprioceptive ability is key to our quality of life as we age."

Adjective
  1. 1
    of or relating to proprioception wordnet

Synonyms

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proprioceptional

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"[I]t’s becoming clear, as our understanding of it improves, that improving or maintaining our proprioceptive ability is key to our quality of life as we age."

Etymology

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

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