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10 Language-to-English Dictionariespsychomoteur
Pronunciation / Transliteration: psi-ko-mo-tœʁ
"Le développement psychomoteur de l'enfant est observé de près."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Relating to or denoting the mental processes that control physical movement.
"Typing and playing a musical instrument require complex psychomotor skills." - 2
Characterized by both psychological and motor activity, often used in clinical contexts to describe movement associated with mental states.
"The patient exhibited psychomotor agitation, pacing restlessly back and forth across the room."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the combining form of 'psycho-' (referring to the mind, from Greek psychē meaning 'breath, soul, mind') and the English adjective 'motor' (from Latin motor meaning 'mover', from movere 'to move'). It emerged in late 19th-century scientific and psychological literature to describe bodily movements that originate from mental processes.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Psychomotor" is said worldwide
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psychomoteur
Transliteration: psi-ko-mo-tœʁ
"Le développement psychomoteur de l'enfant est observé de près."
psychomotorisch
Transliteration: psy-ko-mo-to-ʁɪʃ
"Er hat eine psychomotorische Störung."
psicomotorio
Transliteration: psi-ko-mo-ˈtɔ-rjo
"La terapia psicomotoria aiuta i bambini con difficoltà di apprendimento."
psicomotor
Transliteration: psi-ko-mo-ˈtoɾ
"Las pruebas evalúan el desarrollo psicomotor del paciente."
psicomotor
Transliteration: psi-ko-mo-ˈtoʁ
"O teste mede a coordenação psicomotora."
मनोचालक
Transliteration: manochalak
"यह खेल मनोचालक कौशल में सुधार करता है।"
心理运动的
Transliteration: xīn lǐ yùn dòng de
"这项研究评估了儿童的心理运动能力。"
정신 운동의
Transliteration: jeongsin undong-ui
"이 테스트는 환자의 정신 운동 속도를 측정합니다."
精神運動の
Transliteration: seishin undō no
"彼は精神運動機能に優れています。"
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