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proprioceptive

[ proh-pree-uh-sep-tiv ]

adjective

, Physiology.
  1. pertaining to proprioceptors, the stimuli acting upon them, or the nerve impulses initiated by them.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of proprioceptive1

First recorded in 1905–10; proprio- + (re)ceptive

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