Usually means: Movement or activity in organisms.
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We found 25 dictionaries that define the word kinesis:

General (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. -kinesis, kinesis: Merriam-Webster
  2. kinesis: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. kinesis: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. kinesis: Collins English Dictionary
  5. kinesis: Vocabulary.com
  6. Kinesis, kinesis: Wordnik
  7. -kinesis, kinesis: Wiktionary
  8. kinesis: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. kinesis: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. -kinesis, kinesis: Dictionary.com
  11. Kinesis (band), Kinesis (biology), Kinesis (keyboard), Kinesis: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. kinesis: Rhymezone
  13. -kinesis, kinesis: MyWord.info
  14. kinesis: FreeDictionary.org
  15. kinesis: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. kinesis: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. -kinesis: A Cross Reference of Latin and Greek Elements

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. kinesis: Encyclopedia

Medicine (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. kinesis: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  4. Kinesis: MedFriendly Glossary
  5. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  6. -kinesis, kinesis: Medical dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Kinesis: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See kineses as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (kinesis)

noun:  (biology) The movement of an organism in response to an external stimulus.
noun:  (physics) Any energy that creates/controls movement.
noun:  (philosophy) The force driving life forward.

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