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Usage examples of inhibit.

It is certainly admissible evidence that when the twenty-first is blurred or damaged to any degree, brain function is inhibited.

A poor diet is a major contributor to heart disease, high cholesterol, arterial plaque, and high blood pressure, among other conditions, all of which inhibit blood flow to the penis and negatively impact erectile quality and desire.

In addition, increased levels of glucagon inhibit the secretion of insulin because these two hormones constantly regulate each other.

But the queen has not ordered me to inhibit bonds of affection between Tyrin and human women.

His critique after a show was usually kind and constructive: he was the first to point out that I often stood onstage with my knees hyperextended, which made me look tense and inhibited natural movement.

Its effect has been to inhibit certain electromagnetic and electrochemical processes, among which the functioning of certain types of neurones is prominent.

Then the rising orgasmic tide communicated itself to her and its power was such that only the fiercest determination preserved her consciousness and inhibited her from the emotional feedback that might have killed her love.

It takes little imagination to see that monopolistic patenting inhibits creation and productivity.

IU of mixed tocopherols or vitamin E because it inhibits the function of that statin by 40 percent.

Any substance that will inhibit the action of cholinesterase and put an end to the cycle of acetylcholine buildup and breakdown thus will not only put an end to the nerve impulse but will also put an end to the stimulation and contraction of muscles.

Michel at first, but then he remembered that the cortex inhibits the lower centers of the brain, so that low cortical arousal allows the more uninhibited behavior of the extravert, while high cortical arousal is inhibitory and leads to introversion.

But it appears, among other things, to inhibit the production and liberation of acetylcholine at the postganglionic parasympathetic terminals of the nervous system.

HIV, but this time by inhibiting the protease enzyme crucial to assembling the virus.

If union with such an Absolute is to be enjoyed, the will must be pulseless, the intellect atrophied, the whole soul inactive: otherwise the introduction of finite thoughts and desires inhibits the divine afflatus!

The presence of the seminarian inhibited Tessie, who no longer wandered upstairs for private swing sessions.