資料來源 : pyDict
禁止,禁制,壓抑
資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Inhibition \In`hi*bi"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.
資料來源 : WordNet®
inhibition
n 1: (psychology) the conscious exclusion of unacceptable
thoughts or desires [syn: {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},
{forbiddance}]