INHIBITION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does inhibition mean? 

• INHIBITION (noun)
  The noun INHIBITION has 4 senses:

1. (psychology) the conscious exclusion of unacceptable thoughts or desires

2. the quality of being inhibited

3. (physiology) the process whereby nerves can retard or prevent the functioning of an organ or part

4. the action of prohibiting or inhibiting or forbidding (or an instance thereof)

  Familiarity information: INHIBITION used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INHIBITION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(psychology) the conscious exclusion of unacceptable thoughts or desires

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

inhibition; suppression

Hypernyms ("inhibition" is a kind of...):

abstinence (act or practice of refraining from indulging an appetite)

Domain category:

psychological science; psychology (the science of mental life)

Derivation:

inhibit (consciously restrain from showing; of emotions, desires, impulses, or behavior)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The quality of being inhibited

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("inhibition" is a kind of...):

control; restraint (discipline in personal and social activities)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "inhibition"):

taboo; tabu (an inhibition or ban resulting from social custom or emotional aversion)

Sense 3

Meaning:

(physiology) the process whereby nerves can retard or prevent the functioning of an organ or part

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Context example:

the inhibition of the heart by the vagus nerve

Hypernyms ("inhibition" is a kind of...):

biological process; organic process (a process occurring in living organisms)

Domain category:

physiology (the branch of the biological sciences dealing with the functioning of organisms)

Sense 4

Meaning:

The action of prohibiting or inhibiting or forbidding (or an instance thereof)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

forbiddance; inhibition; prohibition

Context example:

he ignored his parents' forbiddance

Hypernyms ("inhibition" is a kind of...):

action (something done (usually as opposed to something said))

Derivation:

inhibit (prohibit, forbid, or prevent from doing something)

 Context examples 

This may eventually lead to an inhibition of tumor cell proliferation and an inhibition in production of various inflammatory cytokines including interleukin-1, -6 and tumor necrosis factor.

(MEK Inhibitor MEK162, NCI Thesaurus)

This may lead to an inhibition of both cell proliferation and survival in MELK-expressing tumor cells.

(MELK Inhibitor OTS167, NCI Thesaurus)

This mechanism involves oxygen inhibition of the anticancer activity of T cells.

(Oxygen can impair cancer immunotherapy in mice, NIH)

The cytoplasmic APC complex may regulate cell adhesion or transmission of contact inhibition signals into cells.

(Adenomatous Polyposis Coli Protein, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene is involved in the inhibition of angiogenesis and cell proliferation.

(ADAMTS1 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes ADAMTS-1 protein, plays a role in the inhibition of both cell proliferation and angiogenesis.

(ADAMTS1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

This protein plays a role in metalloproteinase inhibition.

(Metalloproteinase Inhibitor 2, NCI Thesaurus)

This protein is involved in metalloproteinase inhibition.

(Metalloproteinase Inhibitor 3, NCI Thesaurus)

Methotrexate binds to and inhibits the enzyme dihydrofolate reductase, resulting in inhibition of purine nucleotide and thymidylate synthesis and, subsequently, inhibition of DNA and RNA syntheses.

(Methotrexate, NCI Thesaurus)

After intratumoral injection, methotrexate binds to and inhibits the enzyme dihydrofolate reductase, resulting in inhibition of purine nucleotide and thymidylate synthesis and, subsequently, inhibition of DNA and RNA syntheses.

(Methotrexate-E Therapeutic Implant, NCI Thesaurus)