noun
- the sensation of movement or strain in muscles, tendons, and joints; muscle sense.
noun
- the usual US spelling of kinaesthesia
also kinaesthesia, 1888, Modern Latin compound of Greek kinein “to set in motion; to move” (see cite) + aisthesis “perception” (see anaesthesia).
n.
- The sense that detects bodily position, weight, or movement of the muscles, tendons, and joints.
- The sensation of moving in space.