inhibitory

Speech parts

1. inhibitory - Adjective

2. inhibitory - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

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.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

repressing inhibitive arresting preventive hindering suppressive repressive restrictive restraining impeding inhibiting prohibitory negative limiting protective
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Antonyms

free guide advantage independence benefit favor
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Phrases with the word

inhibitory force inhibitory nerve gastric inhibitory polypeptide immune-inhibitory gastric inhibitory hormone gastric inhibitory peptide

Examples

For Stirner, the social axiom of conservative, liberal, and socialist schools of political thought alike is in itself repressive: it disguises as potentially redemptive an order whose central function is inhibitory of the individual's interests. John Carroll

a repressive regime Source: Internet

an overly strict and inhibitory discipline Source: Internet

Alcohol consumption alone reduces both inhibitory and activational aspects of behavioral control. Source: Internet

A great interest in oxysterols arose when they were shown to exert inhibitory actions on cholesterol biosynthesis. citation This finding became known as the “oxysterol hypothesis”. Source: Internet

Because of this consistency, it is common for neuroscientists to simplify the terminology by referring to cells that release glutamate as "excitatory neurons", and cells that release GABA as "inhibitory neurons". Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

inhibitor inhibitor of angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitorily inhibitory force inhibitory nerve inhibitory-motor