inhibitor
One who, or that which, inhibitsOne who, or that which, inhibits.
» The inhibitors broke, thus the staff had to evacuate.
Meaning
3 sensesOne who, or that which, inhibits.
I found daily meditation to be a useful inhibitor of negative thoughts.
Any substance capable of stopping or slowing a specific chemical reaction.
Inhibitor
ингиби́торingibítor
Any substance capable of stopping or slowing a specific biological process.
- a substance that retards or stops an activity
Examples
5 sentencesThe inhibitors broke, thus the staff had to evacuate.
Antibiotics are commonly enzymatic inhibitors.
Having these STD pamphlets strewn here on the coffee table sure is an inhibitor.
There's an inhibitor in your brains that makes you not question why you know Tagalog that you never learned from school.
There's an inhibitor in your brains that makes you think that I'm a normal human being, so I can walk amongst people.
Translations
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Forms
plural: inhibitors| Singular | inhibitor |
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