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expanded consciousness

a sense that one’s mind has been opened to a new or larger kind of awareness, associated particularly with mystical experiences, meditation, or hallucinogenic drug use. See also altered state of consciousness.

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arithmetic disability

arithmetic disability

a disturbance in the ability to calculate that is associated with neurological impairment. See acalculia.