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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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