Restraining; tending to inhibit.
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in·hib·i·to·ry in-'hib-ə-.tōr-ē, -.tȯr- adj of, relating to, or producing inhibition: tending or serving to inhibit
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in·hib·i·to·ry (in-hibґĭ-tor″e) restraining or arresting any process; effecting a stay or arrest, partial or complete.Medical dictionary. 2011.