The Collaborative International Dictionary
Inhibitory \In*hib"i*to*ry\,
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[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.
--Lam Inhibitory nerves (Physiol.), those nerves which modify, inhibit, or suppress a motor or secretory act already in progress.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 15c., from Medieval Latin inhibitorius, from past participle stem of Latin inhibere (see inhibition).
Wiktionary
a. 1 that inhibits 2 of, or relating to an inhibitor
WordNet
adj. restrictive of action; "a repressive regime"; "an overly strict and inhibiting discipline" [syn: repressive, repressing]
Usage examples of "inhibitory".
These neurons release a monamine chemical, 5-hydroxytryptamine, also called 5-HT or serotonin, which acts as an inhibitory neurotrans-mitter.
I read the extract half-heartedly and found it sheer gobbledegook, with terms such as capillary beds, adrenaline and noradrenaline, biochemical responses, inhibitory cells and the like.
Lately a famous authority has found that it somewhat retards the process of peptic transmogrification, though only slightly in the case of ham and eggs, the inhibitory effects being due entirely to the tannic acid and the favorable ones to the caffeine.
The cell-bodies of the inhibitory fibers are located in the bulb, from where their fibers pass to the heart as a part of the vagus nerve.
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.
Since, in practice, neurons that input into a neuron must have either inhibitory or excitatory connections, each musicality neuron must have a fixed division of its inputs into those expected to be active and those expected to be inactive, and the musicality neuron will only be activated when the actual activity of the neurons that it receives input from takes on this pattern.
He struggled to his feet and forced himself to pace the floor until the green vines, which had already sent hair-thin tendrils into the ulnar arteries of the arms around which they were wrapped, pumped certain inhibitory chemicals into the bloodstreams of the seven men.
What he didnt expect was that the drug seemed to form a loose covalent bond with both glutamate and gamma-aminobutyric acid, two of the major inhibitory agents in the brain.
What he didn't expect was that the drug seemed to form a loose covalent bond with both glutamate and gamma-aminobutyric acid, two of the major inhibitory agents in the brain.
Esoteric, unspeakable forms lost saliency as her resource re-installed inhibitory connections with the metacortex.