Word Meanings - INHIBITION - Book Publishers vocabulary database

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,

Additional info about word: INHIBITION

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. (more info) 1. The act of inhibiting, or the state of being inhibited; restraint; prohibition; embargo.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of INHIBITION)

• Prohibition
• Interdiction
• inhibition
• interdict
• embargo
• disallowance

Related words: (words related to INHIBITION)

• INHIBITION
  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,
• INTERDICTION
  The act of interdicting; prohibition; prohibiting decree; curse; interdict. The truest issue of thy throne By his own interdiction stands accurst. Shak.
• PROHIBITION
  1. The act of prohibiting; a declaration or injunction forbidding some action; interdict. The law of God, in the ten commandments, consists mostly of prohibitions. Tillotson. 2. Specifically, the forbidding by law of the sale of alcoholic liquors
• EMBARGO
  An edict or order of the government prohibiting the departure of ships of commerce from some or all of the ports within its dominions; a prohibition to sail. Note: If the embargo is laid on an enemy's ships, it is called a hostile embargo; if on
• INTERDICTIVE
  Having the power to prohibit; as, an interdictive sentence. Milton.
• DISALLOWANCE
  The act of disallowing; refusal to admit or permit; rejection. Syn. -- Disapprobation; prohibition; condemnation; censure; rejection.
• INTERDICT
  To lay under an interdict; to cut off from the enjoyment of religious privileges, as a city, a church, an individual. An archbishop may not only excommunicate and interdict his suffragans, but his vicar general may do the same. Ayliffe. (more info)
• INTERDICTORY
  Belonging to an interdiction; prohibitory.
• PROHIBITIONIST
  1. One who favors prohibitory duties on foreign goods in commerce; a protectionist. 2. One who favors the prohibition of the sale (or of the sale and manufacture) of alcoholic liquors as beverages.