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

in·hibi·tory (-tôr) adj.

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


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Fewer men were "gender traditional," perceiving women as not equal to men and defining inhibitive roles for men and women.
35 mM) than the treated column samples after 15 weeks of groundwater flushing (Figure 3), implying an inhibitive effect of both ethanol and TCE.
Pressure sensing is available in various sizes and detachable from the electronics, making this particular CTPSS attractive for environments where the testing area is either inhibitive of normal procedures to record/interpret the test information (temperature, humidity) or where space is at a premium.
 
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