Hypertext Webster Gateway: "inhibitory"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Inhibitory \In*hib"i*to*ry\, a. [LL. inhibitorius: cf. F.
inhibitoire.]
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. --Lamb.
{Inhibitory nerves} (Physiol.), those nerves which modify,
inhibit, or suppress a motor or secretory act already in
progress.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
inhibitory
adj : restrictive of action; "a repressive regime"; "an overly
strict and inhibiting discipline" [syn: {inhibiting}, {repressive},
{repressing}]
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