'Inhibitory' definitions:
Definition of 'inhibitory'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Restrictive of action; "a repressive regime"; "an overly strict and inhibiting discipline" [syn: inhibitory, repressive, repressing]
Definition of 'Inhibitory'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- I would not have you consider these criticisms as inhibitory. --Lamb. [1913 Webster]
- Inhibitory nerves (Physiol.), those nerves which modify, inhibit, or suppress a motor or secretory act already in progress. [1913 Webster]