2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Inhibition \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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
inhibition
n 1: the conscious exclusion of unacceptable thoughts or desires
[syn: {suppression}]
2: the quality of being inhibited
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