myotactic

myotactic
Relating to the muscular sense. [myo- + L. tactus, a touching]

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adj.
relating to the sense of touch in muscles.

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myo·tac·tic (mi″o-takґtik) [myo- + L. tactus touch] pertaining to the proprioceptive sense of muscles.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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