proprioception.

The sensory awareness of the position and movement of one’s body and its parts, without requiring direct visual observation.

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Words that belong together

• proprioceptive feedback
• impaired proprioception

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Proprioception let her place the hand on the rail without looking.

The new prosthesis’s feedback changed the character’s proprioception during training.

Usage notes

Primary category: sensory / description. Forms: Usually uncountable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.