sup·pres·sion
n : an act or instance of suppressing: as a : stoppage of a bodily function or a symptom < of urine secretion> < of a cough> b : the failure of development of a bodily part or organ c : the conscious intentional exclusion from consciousness of a thought or feeling - compare REPRESSION2a .
Similar sounding terms: spo·ro·zo·an
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