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inhibitor (iou)



inhibitor noun. M19.
[from INHIBIT + -OR. Cf. earlier INHIBITER.]
A person who inhibits something; spec. in Scots Law, a person who takes out an inhibition. M19.
A thing which inhibits someone or something. E20.
W. James Danger is for most men the great inhibitor of action.
b. Genetics. A gene whose presence prevents the expression of some other gene at a different locus. E20.
c. Chemistry & Biochemistry. A substance which slows down or prevents a particular reaction or process, or diminishes the activity of some reactant or catalyst. E20.