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What does inhibitory mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word inhibitory? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. That inhibits
  2. Of, or relating to an inhibitor.
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These include not only reciprocal inhibitory connections between the interneuron groups, but also monosynaptic inputs to swim motoneurons.
By contrast, ammonium or its metabolic products exert inhibitory effects on the nitrate assimilatory pathway.
Finally, let us examine a minimal genetic toggle based on two repressible promoters arranged in a mutually inhibitory network.
These are inhibitory reflexes, excited by deglutition, by gastric distension, and by intestinal dilatation.
His work has established the inhibitory role astrocytes can play in preventing central nervous system regeneration.
Action potential generation in inhibitory interneurons is critical for cortical excitation-inhibition balance.

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