inhibition

1. n. The act of inhibiting, or the state of being inhibited; restraint; prohibition; embargo. Source: opted

2. n. 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. Source: opted

3. n. 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. Source: opted

4. n. (psychology) the conscious exclusion of unacceptable thoughts or desires Source: wordnet

5. n. the quality of being inhibited Source: wordnet

6. n. (physiology) the process whereby nerves can retard or prevent the functioning of an organ or part Source: wordnet

7. n. the action of prohibiting or inhibiting or forbidding (or an instance thereof) Source: wordnet

8. 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. Source: webster

9. A stopping or checking of an already present action; arestraining of the function of an organ, or an agent, as a digestivefluid or ferment, etc.; as, the inhibition of the respiratory centerby the pneumogastric nerve; the inhibition of reflexes, etc. Source: adambom

10. n:100 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 Source: ecdict

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