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Webster 1913 Edition


Inhibition

Inˊhi-bi′tion

,
Noun.
[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 enzyme, 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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Inhibition

INHIBI'TION

,
Noun.
[L. inhibitio.]
1.
Prohibition; restraint; embargo.
2.
In law, a writ to forbid or inhibit a judge from farther
proceedings in a cause depending before him; commonly, a writ issuing from a higher ecclesiastical court to an inferior one, on appeal.

Definition 2024


inhibition

inhibition

English

Noun

inhibition (countable and uncountable, plural inhibitions)

  1. The act of inhibiting.
  2. (psychology) A personal feeling of fear or embarrassment that stops one behaving naturally.
  3. (chemistry) The process of stopping or retarding a chemical reaction.

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Finnish

Noun

inhibition

  1. Genitive singular form of inhibitio.

French

Noun

inhibition f (plural inhibitions)

  1. inhibition