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Inhibitory  adj.  Of or pertaining to, or producing, inhibition; consisting in inhibition; tending or serving to inhibit; as, the inhibitory action of the pneumogastric on the respiratory center. "I would not have you consider these criticisms as inhibitory."
Inhibitory nerves (Physiol.), those nerves which modify, inhibit, or suppress a motor or secretory act already in progress.






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"Inhibitory" Quotes from Famous Books



... of phenomena which figure perhaps at all the levels of nervous action now described, may be known as Inhibitory Suggestions. The phrase, in its broadest use, refers to all cases in which the suggesting stimulus tends to suppress, check, or inhibit movement. We find this in certain cases just as strongly marked as the positive movement—bringing kind of suggestion. The facts may be ...
— The Story of the Mind • James Mark Baldwin



Words linked to "Inhibitory" :   repressing, inhibit, repressive



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