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inhibitory |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Inhibitory \In*hib"i*to*ry\, a. [LL. inhibitorius: cf F. inhibitoire.] Of or pertaining to or producing, inhibition; consisting in inhibition; tending or serving to inhibit; as the inhibitory action of the pneumogastric on the respiratory center. I would not have you consider these criticisms as inhibitory. --Lamb. {Inhibitory nerves} (Physiol.), those nerves which modify, inhibit, or suppress a motor or secretory act already in progress. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: inhibitory adj : restrictive of action "a repressive regime"; "an overly strict and inhibiting discipline" [syn: {inhibiting}, {repressive}, {repressing}]
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