cheirokinæsthesia Physiol.
(ˌkaɪrəʊkaɪnɪsˈθiːzɪə)
[mod.L., f. cheiro- + kinæsthesia.]
The ability to feel movements of the hand. So ˌcheirokinæsˈthetic a.
| 1900 Dorland Med. Dict. 151/1 Cheirokinesthetic. 1913 Ibid. (ed. 7) 207/1 Cheirokinesthesia. 1929 Hewer & Sandes Introd. Study Nerv. Syst. ii. x. 92 A lesion involving the cheirokinæsthetic area only, or isolating this area, leads to inability to write what is desired. 1939 L. H. Gray Foundations of Lang. iv. 89 The visual and cheirokinaesthetic areas. 1941 Brit. Jrnl. Psychol. July 12 The ‘diagram maker’ who were intent on explaining aphasia..in terms of injury to various nerve ‘centres’ in the brain—..glosso- and cheiro-kinaesthetic centres etc. |