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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.
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