See Also: myoesthesis(medicine)

sea lion (iou) and myoesthesis (medicine)


sea lion (iou)



sea lion noun. E17.
[from SEA + LION noun.]
A lobster. Only in E17.
Chiefly Heraldry. A mythical animal, part lion and part fish. M17.
Any of several large-eared seals having broader muzzles and sparser underfur than the fur seals; esp. (more fully Californian sea lion) a dark brown seal of the eastern Pacific, Zalophus californianus, often trained in captivity. L17.
northern sea lion, Steller's sea lion, etc.
sea lioness noun a female sea lion M-L18.

myoesthesis (medicine)


myoesthesis -->
myesthesia


The sensation felt in muscle when it is contracting; awareness of movement or activity in muscles or joints; sense of position or movement mediated in large part by the posterior columns and medial lemniscus.

See: bathyesthesia.

Synonym: deep sensibility, kinesthetic sense, mesoblastic sensibility, muscular sense, myoesthesis, myoesthesia.

Origin: G. Mys, muscle, + aisthesis, sensation