over-inhibitionn.
/ˌəʊv(ə)rɪn(h)ᵻˈbɪʃn/, U.S. /ˈˌoʊvərɪn(h)əˈbɪʃ(ə)n/, /ˈˌoʊvərɪn(h)ɪˈbɪʃ(ə)n/ The state or fact of being over-inhibited.
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over-inhibition1960
1960 Jrnl. Health & Human Behavior 1 15/2 The confrontation of over-excitation with over-inhibition seems the specific stressor of this illness.
1970 Jrnl. Gen. Psychol. 82 162 The apparent over~inhibition by schizophrenic Ss.
1999 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 96 15225/1 The reduction of thalamic overinhibition, by surgical decrease of the pallidal output to the thalamus, diminishes or suppresses Parkinsonian manifestations.
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