inhibitor
pronunciation
How to pronounce inhibitor in British English:
UK [ɪnˈhɪbɪtə(r)]
How to pronounce inhibitor in American English:
US [ɪnˈhɪbɪtɚ]
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- Noun:
- a substance that retards or stops an activity
Word Origin
- inhibitor (n.)
- 1868 in scientific use (earlier as a Scottish legal term), agent noun in Latin form from inhibit.
Example
- 1. It 's sometimes used in combination with a cholinesterase inhibitor .
- 2. If crisis is change 's catalyst , recovery is its inhibitor .
- 3. It 's not a cannabinoid but a lab-made enzyme inhibitor with anti-depressant and anti-anxiety effects , upchurch says .
- 4. Merck , based in whitehouse station , new jersey , is testing laropiprant as a flushing inhibitor to be administered with niacin .
- 5. In 77 patients who took a braf inhibitor and a mek inhibitor made by glaxosmithkline , the drugs shrank tumors or delayed growth by 7.4 months on average-no longer than has been reported for the braf inhibitor alone .