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Inhibition Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Inhibition? [n] the action of prohibiting or inhibiting or forbidding (or an instance thereof); "they were restrained by a prohibition in their charter"; "a medical inhibition of alcoholic beverages"; "he ignored his parents' forbiddance" [n] (psychology) the conscious exclusion of unacceptable thoughts or desires [n] the quality of being inhibited [n] (physiology) the process whereby nerves can retard or prevent the functioning of an organ or part; "the inhibition of the heart by the vagus nerve" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Inhibition: forbiddance \| prohibition \| suppression Related Terms \| Find terms related to Inhibition: arrest \| arrestation \| arrestment \| ban \| bar \| barrier \| block \| blockage \| blocking \| bottling up \| censorship \| check \| clogging \| closing up \| closure \| constraint \| constriction \| contraband \| control \| cooling \| cooling down \| cooling off \| corking up \| cramp \| curb \| curtailment \| deceleration \| defence \| delay \| denial \| detainment \| detention \| disallowance \| Eighteenth Amendment \| embargo \| exclusion \| fixation \| foot-dragging \| forbiddance \| forbidden fruit \| forbidding \| hampering \| hindering \| hindrance \| holdback \| holding \| holding in \| holdup \| impediment \| index \| index expurgatorius \| index librorum prohibitorum \| injunction \| interdict \| interdiction \| interdictum \| interference \| interruption \| keeping \| law \| legal restraint \| let \| locking in \| maintenance \| monopoly \| negativism \| no-no \| nuisance value \| obstruction \| obstructionism \| occlusion \| opposition \| preclusion \| prehension \| preservation \| prevention \| prohibition \| Prohibition Party \| prohibitory injunction \| proscription \| protection \| protectionism \| protective tariff \| psychological block \| rationing \| refusal \| rein \| rejection \| repression \| resistance \| restraint \| restraint of trade \| restriction \| restrictive covenants \| retainment \| retardation \| retardment \| retention \| retentiveness \| retentivity \| retrenchment \| ruling out \| self-consciousness \| self-control \| setback \| slowing down \| squeeze \| statute \| stranglehold \| stricture \| sumptuary laws \| suppression \| taboo \| tariff wall \| tenacity \| thought control \| Volstead Act \| zoning \| zoning laws See Also \| abstinence \| action \| biological process \| control \| organic process \| restraint \| taboo \| tabu Inhibition In Webster's Dictionary \In`hi*bi"tion\, n. [L. inhibitio: cf. F. inhibition.] 1. The act of inhibiting, or the state of being inhibited; restraint; prohibition; embargo. 2. (Physiol.) A stopping or checking of an already present action; a restraining of the function of an organ, or an agent, as a digestive fluid or ferment, etc.; as, the inhibition of the respiratory center by the pneumogastric nerve; the inhibition of reflexes, etc. 3. (Law) A writ from a higher court forbidding an inferior judge from further proceedings in a cause before; esp., a writ issuing from a higher ecclesiastical court to an inferior one, on appeal. --Cowell.

Inhibition Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Inhibition?

[n] the action of prohibiting or inhibiting or forbidding (or an instance thereof); "they were restrained by a prohibition in their charter"; "a medical inhibition of alcoholic beverages"; "he ignored his parents' forbiddance"
[n] (psychology) the conscious exclusion of unacceptable thoughts or desires
[n] the quality of being inhibited
[n] (physiology) the process whereby nerves can retard or prevent the functioning of an organ or part; "the inhibition of the heart by the vagus nerve"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Inhibition: forbiddance | prohibition | suppression

Inhibition In Webster's Dictionary

\In`hi*bi"tion\, n. [L. inhibitio: cf. F.
inhibition.]
1. The act of inhibiting, or the state of being inhibited;
   restraint; prohibition; embargo.

2. (Physiol.) A stopping or checking of an already present
   action; a restraining of the function of an organ, or an
   agent, as a digestive fluid or ferment, etc.; as, the
   inhibition of the respiratory center by the pneumogastric
   nerve; the inhibition of reflexes, etc.

3. (Law) A writ from a higher court forbidding an inferior
   judge from further proceedings in a cause before; esp., a
   writ issuing from a higher ecclesiastical court to an
   inferior one, on appeal. --Cowell.

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