n :  one that inhibits: as  a  :  an agent that slows or interferes with a chemical reaction  b  :  a substance that reduces the activity of another substance (as an enzyme)  c  :  a gene that checks the normal effect of another nonallelic gene when both are present .
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  in·hib·i·to·ry 
 
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