# proprioception

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˌpɹəʊ.pɹi.əʊˈsɛp.ʃən/ · frequency rank #87,715

## Definitions
1. The sense of the position of parts of the body, relative to other neighbouring parts of the body.

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

## Source
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