Inhibition - Definition
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]