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Inhibition

Inhibition Meaning & Definition
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

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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.

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