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Meaning of inhibition

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  inhibition
      n 1: (psychology) the conscious exclusion of unacceptable
           thoughts or desires [syn: {inhibition}, {suppression}]
      2: the quality of being inhibited
      3: (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: 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" [syn:
         {prohibition}, {inhibition}, {forbiddance}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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