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inhibition
  1. The act of inhibiting.
  2. (psychology) A personal feeling of fear or embarrassment that stops one behaving naturally.
  3. (chemistry) The process of stopping or retarding a chemical reaction.
  4. (law) A writ from a higher court to an inferior judge to stay proceedings.
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  6. Examples:
    1. “If inequality is high, then higher rates of taxation results in an inhibition of economic growth.”
      “A large body of literature has shown how social media can contribute to both the mobilization and inhibition of protests.”
      “He lost his shyness and inhibition when his favorite topic of conversation came up.”
inhibitor
  1. One who or that which inhibits.
  2. (chemistry) Any substance capable of stopping or slowing a specific chemical reaction.
  3. (biology) Any substance capable of stopping or slowing a specific biological process
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  5. Examples:
    1. “It is also an effective antagonist or inhibitor of cortisol, a stress hormone that maintains the integrity of the circulatory system.”
      “Can you use tamoxifen or an aromatase inhibitor to prevent breast cancer in the first place?”
      “Cyclodextrin can act as an efficient inhibitor of the photosensitized dimerization of thymine by para-aminobenzoic acid in aqueous solution.”
inhibitability
  1. The quality or degree of being inhibitable.
inhibiter
  1. Alternative form of inhibitor
inhibitabilities
  1. plural of inhibitability
inhibitions
  1. plural of inhibition
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Imagine spiking the special effects crew's Ovaltine with an hallucinatory drug and telling the scriptwriters to lose their inhibitions.”
      “With love, there should be no reservations, no inhibitions when making love to the person who undoubtedly has your heart.”
      “Drug and alcohol abuse can also lower inhibitions, and some mental illnesses also negatively impact impulse control.”
inhibiters
  1. plural of inhibiter
inhibitors
  1. plural of inhibitor
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Endostatin and angiostatin are natural inhibitors of angiogenesis that have been shown to inhibit the growth of a number of human malignancies.”
      “Treatments that have been studied but that show no clear benefit include atropine, glucagon, calcitonin and protease inhibitors.”
      “Alkaline cleaning is used to remove oils, inhibitors, lubricants and dirt prior to coating.”
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