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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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