inhibited

Adjective

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (1)

held back or restrained or prevented“in certain conditions previously inhibited conditioned reactions can reappear”

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Inhibit \In*hib"it\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inhibited; p. pr. & vb. n. Inhibiting.] [L. inhibitus, p. p. of inhibere; pref. in- in + habere to have, hold. See Habit.] [1913 Webster]

1.To check; to hold back; to restrain; to hinder. [1913 Webster]

Their motions also are excited or inhibited . . . by the objects without them.— Bentley.[1913 Webster]

2.To forbid; to prohibit; to interdict. [1913 Webster]

All men were inhibited, by proclamation, at the dissolution, so much as to mention a Parliament.— Clarendon.[1913 Webster]

Burial may not be inhibited or denied to any one.— Ayliffe.[1913 Webster]

3.(Chem., Biochem.) To cause the rate of (a chemical or biochemical reaction) to proceed slower, or to halt; as, vitamin C inhibits oxidation; penicillins inhibit bacterial cell wall synthesis. [PJC]

4.To restrain (a behavior) by a mechanism involving conscious or unconscious motivations. [PJC]

inhibited \inhibited\ adj.

1.held back or restrained or prevented; as, in certain conditions previously inhibited conditioned reactions can reappear; -- of behaviors. Opposite of uninhibited. [Narrower terms: pent-up, repressed ; {stifled, strangled, suppressed ] Also See: {reserved, restrained. [WordNet 1.5]

2.Having a hesitancy or reluctance to exhibit normal emotional reactions; -- of people; as, he was too inhibited to make friends easily. [PJC]