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INHIBITION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The action of prohibiting or inhibiting or forbidding (or an instance thereof)
Example:
he ignored his parents' forbiddance
Synonyms:
forbiddance; inhibition; prohibition
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("inhibition" is a kind of...):
action (something done (usually as opposed to something said))
Derivation:
inhibit (prohibit, forbid, or prevent from doing something)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(psychology) the conscious exclusion of unacceptable thoughts or desires
Synonyms:
inhibition; suppression
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
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 3
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 4
Meaning:
(physiology) the process whereby nerves can retard or prevent the functioning of an organ or part
Example:
the inhibition of the heart by the vagus nerve
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
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)
Context examples:
This is done by interfering with the oxidation of iodide ion and iodotyrosyl groups through inhibition of the peroxidase enzyme.
(Methimazole, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
Metformin may exert antineoplastic effects through AMPK-mediated or AMPK-independent inhibition of mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR), which is up-regulated in many cancer tissues.
(Metformin hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)
Proteins involved in the inhibition of tumor cell metastasis.
(Metastasis Suppressor Protein, NCI Thesaurus)
The determination of the amount of the inhibition of blood coagulation in response to anticoagulant therapies.
(Activated Coagulation Time, NCI Thesaurus)
This results in the immune-mediated inhibition of tumor cell proliferation, and leads to tumor death.
(Adenovirus 5-Human Guanylyl Cyclase C-PADRE Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)
Inhibition of ACE results in a reduction in angiotensin II and angiotensin II-induced aldosterone secretion, causing vasodilation and natriuresis.
(ACE inhibitor, NCI Thesaurus)
Inhibition of these processes results in suppression of the production of proinflammatory cytokines, such as tumor necrosis factor alpha and interleukin 6.
(Acai Berry Juice, NCI Thesaurus)
The team also found that Stat3 inhibition promoted the proliferation of human muscle cells.
(Controlling Muscle Repair, NIH)
In males, the inhibition of LH secretion prevents the release of testosterone.
(Abarelix, NCI Thesaurus)
Inhibition of FKBP51 could thus be a new therapeutic option to treat all of these conditions.
(Depression, Obesity, Chronic Pain Could be Treated by Targeting the Same Key Protein, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
