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prehension

noun/prɪˈhenʃən/

C2CEFR level
88/100Rarity: very rare
TechnicalRegister

The action of grasping or seizing an object with the hand.

We graded activities to improve his prehension, starting with large blocks before moving to smaller pegs.

Similar: grasping

Topic: Occupational therapy in Medical English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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