proprioception
B2CEFR level
50/100Rarity: uncommon
TechnicalRegister
The sense of the relative position and movement of one's own body parts, mediated by the dorsal columns.
Loss of proprioception in his feet meant he could only stay upright with his eyes open, giving a positive Romberg sign.
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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