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proprioceptive definition

pro·prio·cep·tive (prō′prē ə sep′tiv)

adjective

designating or of stimuli produced in body tissues, as the muscles or tendons, and received there by the proprioceptors

Etymology: < L proprius, one's own + (re)ceptive

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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