Look up: inhibition

1. Inhibition
   In reference to neurons, it is a synaptic message that prevents the recipient cell from firing.
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2. inhibition
   [n] - (physiology) the process whereby nerves can retard or prevent the functioning of an organ or part 2. [n] - the quality of being inhibited 3. [n] - (psychology) the conscious exclusion of unacceptable thoughts or desires
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3. inhibition
   The decrease in rate of reaction brought about by the addition of a substance (inhibitor), by virtue of its effect on the concentration of a reactant, catalyst or reaction intermediate. For example, molecular oxygen and p-benzoquinone can react as "inhibitors" in many reactions involving radicals as intermediates by virtue of their ability to act as scavengers toward these radicals. If the rate of a reaction in the absence of inhibitor is v_o and that in the pr…
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4. inhibition
   lack of response by a sense organ or a part thereof,despite being subjected to the action of a suitable stimulus whose intensity is above the threshold Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries • the action of inhibitors Category: Chemistry
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5. Inhibition
   In`hi·bi"tion noun [ Latin inhibitio : confer French 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 …
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6. inhibition
   1. Arrest or restraint of a process. ... 2. <psychology> The interference with or prevention of a behavioural or verbal response even though the stimulus for that response is present; in psychoanalysis the unconscious restraining of an instinctual process. ... Origin: L. Inhibere = to restrain, habere = to hold ... (04 Jul 1999) ...
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7. inhibition
   noun (psychology) the conscious exclusion of unacceptable thoughts or desires
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8. inhibition
   noun the quality of being inhibited
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9. inhibition
   (in″hĭ-bish´әn) restraint or termination of a process. in psychoanalysis, the conscious or unconscious restraining of an impulse or desire. adj., inhib´itory., adj. competitive inhibition inhibition of enzyme activity by an inhibitor (a substrate an...
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10. Inhibition
    • (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.) The act of inhibiting, or the state of being inhibited; restraint; prohi...
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11. inhibition
    (from the article `eye, human`) In the central nervous system generally, the relay of impulses from one nerve cell or neuron to excite another is only one aspect of neuronal ...
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12. inhibition
    in enzymology, a phenomenon in which a compound, called an inhibitor, in most cases similar in structure to the substance (substrate) upon which an ... [2 related articles]
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13. inhibition
    in psychology, conscious or unconscious constraint or curtailment of a process or behaviour, especially of impulses or desires. Inhibition serves ... [7 related articles]
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14. inhibition
    (L. inhibre to restrain, from in in + habre to hold) arrest or restraint of a process.
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