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Descriptor English: Meditation
Descriptor Spanish: Meditación
Descriptor meditación
Entry term(s) meditación trascendental
Scope note: Estado de conciencia en el que el individuo elimina los estímulos ambientales de la conciencia de modo que la mente puede centrar su atención en una sola cosa, produciendo un estado de relajación y de alivio de la tensión. Se utiliza una gran variedad de técnicas para liberar la mente de interferencias externas que generen tensión. Incluyen la terapia de meditación. (Mosby's Medical, Nursing, and Allied Health Dictionary, 4th ed.)
Descriptor Portuguese: Meditação
Descriptor French: Méditation
Entry term(s): Meditation, Transcendental
Transcendental Meditation
Tree number(s): E02.190.525.374
E02.190.901.455
F04.754.137.750.500
MT3.795.372
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D019122
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)
Annotation: a relaxation technique
Allowable Qualifiers: HI history
MT methods
PX psychology
Previous Indexing: Relaxation (1966-1976)
Relaxation Techniques (1975-1995)
Thinking (1970-1974)
Yoga (1966-1975)
Public MeSH Note: 96
History Note: 96
Related: Yoga MeSH
DeCS ID: 32693
Unique ID: D019122
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Date Established: 1996/01/01
Date of Entry: 1995/06/08
Revision Date: 2001/07/25
Meditation - Preferred
Concept UI M0028528
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)
Preferred term Meditation
Transcendental Meditation - Narrower
Concept UI M0028529
Preferred term Transcendental Meditation
Entry term(s) Meditation, Transcendental



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