Medication vs. Meditation

Medicationnoun

A medicine, or all the medicines regularly taken by a patient.

Medicationnoun

The administration of medicine.

Medication

The act or process of medicating.

Medicationnoun

(medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease

Medicationnoun

the act of treating with medicines or remedies

Medicationnoun

a drug or other form of medicine that is used to treat or prevent disease

Medicationnoun

treatment using drugs

Medication

A medication (also referred to as medicament, medicine, pharmaceutical drug, medicinal drug or simply drug) is a drug used to diagnose, cure, treat, or prevent disease. Drug therapy (pharmacotherapy) is an important part of the medical field and relies on the science of pharmacology for continual advancement and on pharmacy for appropriate management.

Meditationnoun

A devotional exercise of, or leading to contemplation.

Meditationnoun

A contemplative discourse, often on a religious or philosophical subject.

Meditationnoun

A musical theme treated in a meditative manner.

Meditationnoun

The act of meditating; close or continued thought; the turning or revolving of a subject in the mind; serious contemplation; reflection; musing.

Meditationnoun

Thought; - without regard to kind.

Meditationnoun

continuous and profound contemplation or musing on a subject or series of subjects of a deep or abstruse nature;

Meditationnoun

(religion) contemplation of spiritual matters (usually on religious or philosophical subjects)

Meditation

Meditation is a practice where an individual uses a technique – such as mindfulness, or focusing the mind on a particular object, thought, or activity – to train attention and awareness, and achieve a mentally clear and emotionally calm and stable state. Scholars have found meditation elusive to define, as practices vary both between traditions and within them.