proprioception

English

WOTD – 26 August 2009

Etymology

From proprioceptor, from Latin prōprius (“one's own”) +‎ reception. Coined by neurophysiologist Charles Scott Sherrington, 1906.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌpɹəʊ.pɹi.əʊˈsɛp.ʃən/
• IPA^(key): /ˌpɹoʊ.pɹi.oʊˈsɛp.ʃən/
• Hyphenation: pro‧prio‧cep‧tion

Noun

proprioception (countable and uncountable, plural proprioceptions)

1. The sense of the position of parts of the body, relative to other neighbouring parts of the body.
   • 2003, James Stark, Bel Canto: A History of Vocal Pedagogy, University of Toronto Press (→ISBN), page 30:

     […] it is achieved through a neuromuscular feedback system known as proprioception or kinaesthetic awareness, as well as through an auditory control system in which the ear monitors the sound and makes […]

Related terms

• proprioceptional
• proprioceptive
• proprioceptor
• proprioceptory

Translations

sense of the position of parts of the body

• Catalan: propiocepció f
• Danish: proprioception c
• Dutch: proprioceptie (nl) f
• Estonian: propriotseptsioon
• Finnish: asentoaisti
• French: proprioception (fr) f
• German: Propriozeption (de) f, Tiefensensibilität (de) f
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• Greek: ιδιοδεκτικότητα f (idiodektikótita)
• Italian: propriocezione (it) f
• Norwegian: propriosepsjon m
• Portuguese: propriocepção f
• Russian: кинестезия (ru) f (kinestezija), проприоце́пция (ru) (propriocépcija)
• Spanish: propiocepción f
• Swedish: proprioception c

Further reading

• proprioception on Wikipedia.Wikipedia