suppression n
1 the act or process of suppressing or the condition of being suppressed
2 (Psychoanal) the conscious avoidance of unpleasant thoughts
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3 (Electronics) the act or process of suppressing a frequency, oscillation, etc.
4 (Biology) the failure of an organ or part to develop
5 (Med) the cessation of any physiological process
conditioned suppression n
(Psychol) the reduction in the frequency of a learned response, e.g. pressing a bar for water, that occurs when a stimulus previously associated with pain is present