different between kinesthesis vs kinesthesia

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Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????? (kiné?, “to move”) + ???????? (aísth?sis, “sensation”).

Noun

kinesthesis (countable and uncountable, plural kinestheses)

1. Ability to feel motion of the body and limbs.

Related terms

• kinesthesia
• proprioception

English

Alternative forms

• kinaesthesia
• kinæsthesia

Etymology

Coined based on Ancient Greek ????? (kiné?, “I put in motion”) + ???????? (-????????) (aísth?sis (-aisth?sía), “sensation”) (after anesthesia, etc). Compare kinesthesis and Greek ??????????? (kinaisthisía).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?k?n?s??i??/, /?ka?n?s??i??/ (see usage notes)

Noun

kinesthesia (countable and uncountable, plural kinesthesias)

1. Sensation or perception of motion.
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:kinesthesia.
   1. (physiology) The perception of the movement of one's own body, its limbs and muscles etc.
   2. (performing arts) A spectator's perception of the motion of a performer, or, the effect of the motion of a scene on the spectator.
2. Proprioception or static position sense; the perception of the position and posture of the body; also, more broadly, including the motion of the body as well. See usage notes below.

Usage notes

• The traditional rules of pronunciation of Greco-Latin vocabulary prefer the I in the first syllable to be long. The more common pronunciation with short I is by analogy with other words from this root such as kinetic and kinesiology where short I is expected.
• The etymological meaning of the word as used in physiology refers specifically to the motion of the body, and a distinction between kinesthesia and the sense of the position of the body is sometimes made in technical texts. In popular use the distinction is made less often.

Synonyms

• proprioception
• kinesthesis

Derived terms

Related terms

• inesthesis

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