What is "kinaesthesis"

kinaesthesia \kin`aes*the"sia\, kinaesthesis \kin`aes*the"sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. kinei^n to move + ? perception.] (Physiol.) The perception attendant upon the movements of the muscles; the sensation accompanying movement of the muscles. [Also spelled kin`es*the"sia and kin`es*the"sis.]
--Bastian.

n. the ability to feel movements of the limbs and body [syn: kinesthesis, kinesthesia, kinaesthesia, kinesthetics, muscle sense, sense of movement] [ant: kinanesthesia]