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Meditation

A state of consciousness in which the individual eliminates environmental stimuli from awareness so that the mind can focus on a single thing, producing a state of relaxation and relief from stress. A wide variety of techniques are used to clear the mind of stressful outside interferences. It includes meditation therapy. (Mosby's Medical, Nursing, and Allied Health Dictionary, 4th ed)

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Abstract

A state of consciousness in which the individual eliminates environmental stimuli from awareness so that the mind can focus on a single thing, producing a state of relaxation and relief from stress. A wide variety of techniques are used to clear the mind of stressful outside interferences. It includes meditation therapy. (Mosby's Medical, Nursing, and Allied Health Dictionary, 4th ed)

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Synonyms

2 entry terms
  • Transcendental Meditation
  • Meditation, Transcendental

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3 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings history, methods, psychology.

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a relaxation technique

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History Note

96

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Previous Indexing

  • Relaxation (1966-1976)
  • Relaxation Techniques (1975-1995)
  • Thinking (1970-1974)
  • Yoga (1966-1975)

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  1. E02w.190.525w.374w
  2. E02w.190.901.455w
  3. F04.754w.137w.750w.500w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Meditation. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D019122. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D019122
  2. Meditation. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meditation
  3. Meditation. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q108458