inhibitory

Variant of inhibit

inhibit definition

in·hibit (in hib′it)

transitive verb

  1. to hold back or keep from some action, feeling, etc.; check or repress
  2. Rare to prohibit; forbid

Etymology: < L inhibitus, pp. of inhibere, to hold back, restrain, curb < in-, in, on + habere, to have, hold: see habit

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