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Jul. 08, 2015
Word of the Day

proprioception Audio Pronunciation
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\proh-pree-uh-SEP-shuhn\
noun
1. Physiology. perception governed by physiological receptors, such as muscles, tendons, and joints, as awareness of the position of one's body.
Quotes
I was talking of proprioception—your awareness of where you are in relation to everything else around you.
-- Jennifer Fallon, The Palace of Impossible Dreams, 2008
Origin
Proprioception entered English in the early 1900s as a combination of proprio- meaning "one's own," and reception meaning "the act of receiving."
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