Inhibition : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Inhibition	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Inhibition
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
inhibition n (psychology) the conscious exclusion of unacceptable thoughts or desires Synonym(s): inhibition, suppression the quality of being inhibited (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" 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" Synonym(s): prohibition, inhibition, forbiddance
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Inhibition \In`hibi"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.