INHIBITION | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

Meaning of inhibition in English

(Definition of inhibition from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
(Definition of inhibition from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of inhibition

inhibition
When such inhibition is a reaction to the injury by a mental protective state, he recommends combining the medical treatment with psychological therapy.
A complete specification of the model will require more investigation of the role of top-down inhibition among representations.
It is supposed that these improvements of clinical symptoms are based on inhibition of vasoconstriction and platelet aggregation in pulmonary circulation.
A series of tasks were used to elicit approach/inhibition in toddlers over two visits, scheduled 1 month apart.
The inhibition of trypsin was affected by the presence of chymotrypsin and vice-versa.
Therefore, the inhibition of tau kinases may be a reasonable therapeutic strategy in the treatment of tauopathies.
An inhibition study revealed obvious differences between them.
Similarly, difficulties in maintaining attention to the task cannot account for the differences in success of inhibition.
This pathway is represented in the model by inhibition delayed with a low-pass filter.
A fit was reached if an inhibition of the thermal conduction of electrons could be assumed by a factor up to about 70.
In case of inhibition due to bacteria, fungal growth was depressed in the vicinity of the bacterial streaks.
These exercises also help actors to overcome physical inhibitions.
Inhibition of the function of quinone has already been shown to be an effective means of controlling these filarial parasites.
First, ionic considerations make it unlikely that direct glycinergic inhibition of the alpha cell alone could produce the observed hyperpolarization.
Much of the early research linking child characteristics to internalizing behavior problems focused on the phenomena of behavioral inhibition to the unfamiliar.
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Translations of inhibition

in Chinese (Traditional)
拘束, 顧忌, 拘謹…
in Chinese (Simplified)
拘束, 顾忌, 拘谨…
in Spanish
inhibición, inhibición [feminine]…
in Portuguese
inibição, vergonha, inibição [feminine]…
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संकोच…
内気さ, 抑制, 抑制(よくせい)…
çekingenlik, ürkeklik, sıkılganlık…
inhibition [feminine], inhibition…
inhibició…
remming…
நீங்கள் விரும்புவதைச் சொல்வதிலிருந்து அல்லது செய்வதிலிருந்து உங்களைத் தடுக்கும் சங்கடம் அல்லது கவலையின் உணர்வு…
संकोच, हिचक…
અવરોધ, મર્યાદા…
hæmning, kompleks…
hämmande, hämning…
kesekatlakuan…
die Hemmung…
hemning [masculine], hemning…
رکاوٹ, مزاحمت, ممانعت…
стримування, перешкоджання…
застенчивость, скованность…
అనుకున్నది చెప్పకుండా లేదా చేయకుండా మిమ్మల్ని నిరోధించే ఇబ్బంది లేదా ఆందోళన…
كَبح, مَنع…
দ্বিধা…
zábrana…
larangan, halangan…
การยับยั้ง, การระงับ…
sự ngăn chặn…
zahamowanie…
거리낌…
inibizione…
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