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inhibit

Main Entry:: in·hib·it
Pronunciation:: \in-ˈhib-ət\
Function:: transitive verb

1 a: to restrain from free or spontaneous activity especially through the operation of inner psychological or external social constraints <an inhibited person> b: to check or restrain the force or vitality of <inhibit aggressive tendencies>2 a: to reduce or suppress the activity of <a presynaptic neuron can not only excite a postsynaptic neuron but can also inhibit it — H. W. Kendler> b: to retard or prevent the formation of c: to retard, interfere with, or prevent (a process or reaction) <inhibit ovulation>

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