inhibitory : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: inhibitory	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
inhibitory adj restrictive of action; "a repressive regime"; "an overly strict and inhibiting discipline" Synonym(s): inhibitory, repressive, repressing
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Inhibitory \Inhib"itory\, 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.