INHIBITION

prohibition, inhibition, forbiddance

(noun) 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, suppression

(noun) (psychology) the conscious exclusion of unacceptable thoughts or desires

inhibition

(noun) the quality of being inhibited

inhibition

(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”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

inhibition (countable and uncountable, plural inhibitions)

The act of inhibiting.

(psychology) A personal feeling of fear or embarrassment that stops one behaving naturally.

(chemistry, biochemistry) The process of stopping or retarding a reaction.

(legal) A writ from a higher court to an inferior judge to stay proceedings.

(Philippines, legal) A recusal.

Source: Wiktionary

In`hi*bi"tion, n. Etym: [L. inhibitio: cf. F. inhibition.]

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

2. (Physiol.)

Definition: 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)

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

INHIBITION

Etymology

Noun

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