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proprioceptive

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.90 in modern English

Syllables
pro-pri-o-cep-tive
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
5
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to proprioception.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Coined by English neurophysiologist Charles Sherrington in 1906, originally in the spelling proprio-ceptive, from proprius + clipped receptive.

Derived Forms

exproprioceptive graviproprioceptive nonproprioceptive proprioceptively visuoproprioceptive

Antonyms

exteroceptive

Rhymes With

deceptive receptive contraceptive perceptive nociceptive imperceptive conceptive interceptive

Questions

What does proprioceptive mean?
Of or pertaining to proprioception.
Where does proprioceptive come from?
Coined by English neurophysiologist Charles Sherrington in 1906, originally in the spelling proprio-ceptive, from proprius + clipped receptive.

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