prehension in English
noun
1
the action of grasping or seizing.
After prey capture is initiated, jaw prehension is used to ingest the prey item.
2
an interaction of a subject with an event or entity that involves perception but not necessarily cognition.
Again, how far down you push a cultural background (or collective prehension) depends upon how far down you are willing to push individual prehension .
Use "prehension" in a sentence
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1. It is used for MP hyperextension when there are significant joint changes at the CMC joint with an Adducted prehension pattern
2. N Apprehension The act of seizing or taking hold of; prehension: as, the hand is the organ of Apprehension.; n Apprehension The act of arresting or seizing by legal process; arrest; seizure: as, the thief, after his Apprehension, escaped.; n Apprehension A laying hold by the mind; mental grasp; the act or faculty of perceiving anything by the senses;; n Apprehension of learning or becoming