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Added 9 October 2026

proprioception

/ˌpɹəʊ.pɹi.əʊˈsɛp.ʃən/ noun

Latin root: proprius Coined: 1906, by Charles Scott Sherrington Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about proprioception at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

The ability to sense the position and location and orientation and movement of the body and its parts.

Origin

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

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