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Definition of Inhibition

1. Noun. (psychology) the conscious exclusion of unacceptable thoughts or desires.

2. Noun. The quality of being inhibited.

3. Noun. (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"

4. Noun. The action of prohibiting or inhibiting or forbidding (or an instance thereof). "He ignored his parents' forbiddance"

Definition of Inhibition

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

Definition of Inhibition

1. Noun. the act of inhibiting. ¹

2. Noun. (psychology) a personal feeling of fear or embarrassment that stops one behaving naturally. ¹

3. Noun. (chemistry) the process of stopping or retarding a chemical reaction. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Inhibition

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Medical Definition of Inhibition

1. 1. Arrest or restraint of a process. 2. The interference with or prevention of a behavioural or verbal response even though the stimulus for that response is present; in psychoanalysis the unconscious restraining of an instinctual process. Origin: L. Inhibere = to restrain, habere = to hold (04 Jul 1999)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Inhibition

inhersing inhesion inhesions inhiation inhibin inhibins inhibit inhibitable inhibited inhibiter

inhibiters inhibitine inhibiting inhibiting antibody inhibiting hormone inhibition (current term) inhibition factor inhibitions inhibitive inhibitor

inhibitors inhibitory inhibitory-motor inhibitory fibres inhibitory junction potential inhibitory nerve inhibitory postsynaptic potential inhibitory synapse inhibits inhive

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