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noun
A situation in which stimulation of human senses, particularly sight and sound, is at a minimum, often to ease a patient's relaxation, such as in a quiet room.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: government, healthcare, human-sciences, medicine, psychiatry, psychology, sciences
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noun
a form of psychological torture inflicted by depriving the victim of all sensory input
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: torture, torturing
History
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