INHIBIT (redirected from inhibiting)

inhibit /in·hib·it/ (in-hib´it) to retard, arrest, or restrain.

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in·hib·it (n-hbt)

v.

1. To hold back; restrain.

2. To suppress or restrain a behavioral process, an impulse, or a desire consciously or unconsciously.

3. To prevent or decrease the rate of a chemical reaction.

4. To decrease, limit, or block the action or function of something in the body, as an enzyme or organ.

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in·hibi·tory (-tôr) adj.

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INHIBIT

Cardiology A clinical trial–INtimal Hyperplasia Inhibition with Beta In-stent Trial