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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[NL., fr. Gr.

κινεῖν

to move + [GREEK] perception.]

(Physiol.)

The perception attendant upon the movements of the muscles; the sensation accompanying movement of the muscles.

[Also spelled

kin`es*the"sia

and

kin`es*the"sis

Bastian.

See also: kinæsthesis

kinaesthesis ‎(countable and uncountable, plural kinaestheses)