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inhibition definition

inhibition


 
  Grep  of  noun  inhibition 
  inhibition 
  reciprocal-inhibition  therapy 
  reciprocal  inhibition 
 
  Overview  of  noun  inhibition 
 
  The  noun  inhibition  has  4  senses  (first  2  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (3)  inhibition,  suppression  --  ((psychology)  the  conscious  exclusion  of  unacceptable  thoughts  or  desires) 
  2.  (2)  inhibition  --  (the  quality  of  being  inhibited) 
  3.  inhibition  --  ((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.  prohibition,  inhibition,  forbiddance  --  (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") 
 
  Overview  of  noun  inhibition 
 
  The  noun  inhibition  has  4  senses  (first  2  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (3)  inhibition,  suppression  --  ((psychology)  the  conscious  exclusion  of  unacceptable  thoughts  or  desires) 
  2.  (2)  inhibition  --  (the  quality  of  being  inhibited) 
  3.  inhibition  --  ((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.  prohibition,  inhibition,  forbiddance  --  (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") 



inhibition definition