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| A person's awareness of everything that is going on around him or her any given moment |
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| State in which thoughts, feelings, and sensations are clear and organized, and the person feels alert. |
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| Alerted state of consciousness |
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| State in which there is a shift in the quantity or pattern of mental activity as compared to waking consciousness. (drowsiness) |
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| A circadian rhythm; we need several hours of sleep within a 24 hr period |
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| Cycle of bodily rhythm that occurs over a 24 hr period (circa":about; "diem":day) |
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