meditation - CISMeF

Preferred Label : meditation;

MeSH definition : 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);

MeSH hyponym : transcendental meditation; Meditation, Transcendental;

MeSH annotation : a relaxation technique;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meditation;

Details

Origin ID

D019122;

UMLS CUI

C0150277;

Allowable qualifiers
- history [MeSH Qualifier]
- methods [MeSH Qualifier]
- psychology [MeSH Qualifier]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Transcendental Meditation Therapy [NCIt concept]
- Transcendental meditation (religion/philosophy) [SNOMED CT concept]
- transcendental meditation [SNOMED Notion]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Meditation [PCS code]
- Meditation [ICNP subject]
- Meditation [DeCS]
- Meditation Therapy [NCIt concept]
Record concept(s)
- meditation [MeSH concept]
- transcendental meditation [MeSH concept]
See also
- yoga [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Mental Process [UMLS semantic type]

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