proprioception

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(The condition is called loss of proprioception, the sense of the orientation of one's limbs.)

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  1. noun The unconscious perception of movement and spatial orientation arising from stimuli within the body itself.

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  • The machine in your driveway today relies entirely on your sight, hearing, proprioception, and kinesthesia for guidance, and on your limbs for control. —  Omni: April 1993
  • (The condition is called loss of proprioception, the sense of the orientation of one's limbs.) —  Thestar.com - Home Page
  • The device takes its name from the sensation of proprioception - the knowledge of and reaction to where an object is in space.
  • This micro-knowledge of others has been termed "ambient awareness" by sociologists, a new kind of social proprioception or ethereal limb, and I learned to flex it with ease. —  San Francisco Sentinel
  • They work by increasing proprioception - so the horse is more aware of where it's legs are.
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  1. Latin proprius, one's own; see per1 in Indo-European roots + (re)ception.
 

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