About The Word Inhibition
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Inhibition Definition And Meaning |
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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.
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