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Meaning of 'inhibition' (Webster Dictionary)

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

Meaning of 'inhibition' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . inhibition [ n]
Meaning (1):
- the action of prohibiting or inhibiting or forbidding (or an instance thereof)
Example in sentence:
  • a medical inhibition of alcoholic beverages;
  • he ignored his parents' forbiddance;
  • they were restrained by a prohibition in their charter
Meaning (2):
- (physiology) the process whereby nerves can retard or prevent the functioning of an organ or part
Example in sentence:
  • the inhibition of the heart by the vagus nerve

Nearby Words:

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