suspended consciousness
1suspended animation — noun a) A temporary cessation of breathing and consciousness resembling death; often the result of asphyxia. b) The deliberate slowing of the bodys functions, sometimes by the use of cryonics, on long …
2suspended animation — noun a temporary cessation of vital functions with loss of consciousness resembling death; usually resulting from asphyxia (Freq. 2) • Hypernyms: ↑physical condition, ↑physiological state, ↑physiological condition • Hyponyms: ↑anabiosis …
3Neural correlates of consciousness — The Neuronal Correlates of Consciousness (NCC) constitute the smallest set of neural events and structures sufficient for a given conscious percept or explicit memory. This case involves synchronized action potentials in neocortical pyramidal… …
4sleep — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. slumber, somnolence, nap, doze, drowse, rest, repose; coma; hypnosis. v. i. slumber, repose, doze, nap; be dead or dormant. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. slumber, doze, nap, rest, repose, sound sleep, deep… …
5anaesthesia — n.; (also anaesthesis) (Med.) Insensibility (as that produced by the inhalation of sulphuric ether, chloroform, etc.), unconsciousness of pain, suspended sensibility, suspended consciousness …
6slumber — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. sleep, nap, doze, quiescence. See repose. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. sleep, repose, nap, doze; see rest 1 , sleep . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) I n. rest, *snooze, *shut eye, land of Nod. see sleep …
7shuteye — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Slang. The natural recurring condition of suspended consciousness by which the body rests: sleep, slumber. Idioms: land of Nod, the arms of Morpheus. See AWARENESS …
8NIGHT PRAYER — (Heb. קְרִיאַת שְׁמַע עַל הַמִּטָּה, Keri at Shema al ha Mittah; the reading of the shema on retiring, lit. on the bed ), a prayer recited before retiring for the night. The custom to pray before going to sleep reflects man s need for protection… …
9literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …
10HISTORICAL SURVEY: THE STATE AND ITS ANTECEDENTS (1880–2006) — Introduction It took the new Jewish nation about 70 years to emerge as the State of Israel. The immediate stimulus that initiated the modern return to Zion was the disappointment, in the last quarter of the 19th century, of the expectation that… …
