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guided imagery

noun

Medical Definition of GUIDED IMAGERY

:  any of various techniques (as a series of verbal suggestions) used to guide another person or oneself in imagining sensations and especially in visualizing an image in the mind to bring about a desired physical response (as a reduction in stress, anxiety, or pain)

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