kinesiology

4 8.1

The study of how the body moves

noun
/ˌkɪnɪˈzɪəloʊdʒi/

Specialized

: kinesiología

The study of kinesiology has helped many athletes improve their performance.
kinesiology journals
undergraduate kinesiology
kinesiology careers

So when I got my degree, okay, my bachelors degree back then it was PE slash kinesiology.

Examples

After graduating with a degree in kinesiology, she decided to pursue a career in physical therapy.
The first objective of this investigation was to identify whether kinesiology undergraduates differed significantly from the normal population.

Academic text (2012)
Sometimes, I think about sitting in on some of his kinesiology classes just to break up the day.

Extraordinary (2017)
Why did I study kinesiology?

Life of the Party (2018)
Exploring a kinesiology career also involved charting steps to success in that particular career.

Academic text (2015)
His PhD is actually in kinesiology, which is not psychology, but I didn't know that at the time.
There would be a significant difference between undergraduate kinesiology students and the normal population for skill-related fitness levels.

Academic text (2012)
In her interview, Brenda stated that her mentee "would always be able to connect kinesiology to her career."

Academic text (2015)
Eight mentors provided 23 raw meaning units, indicating that program participants successfully explored kinesiology careers.

Academic text (2015)
The authors have compiled a rich database of information regarding the skill-related fitness of undergraduate kinesiology students.

Academic text (2012)

Synonyms

biomechanics

vskinesiology

Specialized

3 4.8

The study of how living bodies move and the pushes and pulls on them

focuses only on human movement and its mechanics and anatomy

Surface Forms

kinesiology singular

kinesiologies plural

Morphology

kinesiology = kinesis (semi-transparent) = kinesi + logy

The meaning is compositional from 'kinesis' plus '-logy', but both elements are technical and unlikely to be fully transparent to an average B1 learner.

Etymology

The word kinesiology comes from the Greek parts kinesis 'movement' and -logy 'study', the same -logy you see in biology. So kinesiology is the study of how the body moves.