Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kinesthesis

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: kines-the-sis
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Ability to feel motion of the body and limbs.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *keyh₂-der. Ancient Greek κῑνέω (kīnéō)der. New Latinder. English kine- English -esthesis English kinesthesis From kine- + -esthesis.

Usage

Inflected Forms

kinestheses (plural)

Derived Forms

kinesthesiometer podokinesthesis

Frequently Paired Words

kinesthesia proprioception

Synonyms

kinaesthesis kinesthesia kinaesthesia kinesthetics muscle sense sense of movement

Questions

What does kinesthesis mean?: Ability to feel motion of the body and limbs.
Where does kinesthesis come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *keyh₂-der. Ancient Greek κῑνέω (kīnéō)der. New Latinder. English kine- English -esthesis English kinesthesis From kine- + -esthesis.

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