Word
Inhibition
How many syllables?
4 Syllables
How it's divided?
in-hi-bi-tion
Definition
- n. - The act of inhibiting, or the state of being inhibited;
restraint; prohibition; embargo.
- n. - 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.
- n. - 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.
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