Concept information
Preferred term
Meditation
Type
-
Topical Descriptor
Broader concept
Entry terms
- Meditation, Transcendental
- Transcendental Meditation
Note
- a relaxation technique
Scope note
- 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)
History note
- 96
In other languages
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Finnish
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mietiskely
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Swedish
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D019122
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