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[syn: inhibitory, repressive, repressing]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
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I would not have you consider these criticisms as
inhibitory. --Lamb.
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Inhibitory nerves (Physiol.), those nerves which modify,
inhibit, or suppress a motor or secretory act already in
progress.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
inhibitory
adj 1: restrictive of action; "a repressive regime"; "an overly
strict and inhibiting discipline" [syn: inhibitory,
repressive, repressing]