conscious

conscious /con·scious/ (kon´shus)

1. having awareness of one's self, acts, and surroundings.

2. a state of alertness characterized by response to external stimuli.

3. in Freud's terminology, the part of the mind that is constantly within awareness.

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con·scious (knshs)

adj.

1. Having an awareness of one's environment and one's own existence, sensations, and thoughts.

2. Intentionally conceived or done; deliberate.

n.

In psychoanalysis, the component of waking awareness perceptible by a person at any given instant.

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conscious·ly adv.

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conscious

[kon′shəs]

Etymology: L, conscire, to be aware

1 adj, (in neurology) capable of responding to sensory stimuli; awake, alert; aware of one's external environment.

2 n, (in psychiatry) that part of the psyche or mental functioning in which thoughts, ideas, emotions, and other mental content are in complete awareness. Compare preconscious, unconscious.

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conscious [kon´shus]

1. having awareness of oneself and of one's acts and surroundings.

2. a state of alertness or awareness characterized by response to external stimuli.

3. the part of the mind that is constantly within awareness, one of the systems of Freud's topographic model of the mind.

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conscious,

adj pertaining to the state of mind in which an individual is able to breathe on his or her own and to respond to verbal commands and physical prompts.

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conscious

capable of responding to sensory stimuli; awake; aware.

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conscious

adjective Neurology Awake, alert. See Conservatorship, Unconscious noun Psychiatry The content of mind or mental functioning of which one is aware.