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From proprioceptor, from Latin proprius (“one's own”) + reception. Coined by British neurophysiologist Charles Scott Sherrington in 1906.
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proprioception
pro·prio·cep·tionToday it means: The sense of the position of parts of the body, relative to other neighbouring parts of the body. Full definition →