inhibitory

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: in=hib=i=to=ry

CIDE DICTIONARY

inhibitory, 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.  [1913 Webster]
"I would not have you consider these criticisms as inhibitory."  [1913 Webster]

Inhibitory nerves (Physiol.), those nerves which modify, inhibit, or suppress a motor or secretory act already in progress.