inhibiting

[US]/ɪn'hɪbɪt/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. having the effect of restraining or limiting

Phrases & Collocations

inhibiting factors

inhibiting action

inhibiting agent

Example Sentences

For the compliant child parental disapproval is as strong an inhibiting force as the threat of punishment.

Inhibiting the neovascularization of retina and chorioid is the key therapeutic strategy for curing angiogenesis disease of retina and chorioid.

The treatment with potassium citrate has a beneficial effect on the experimental nephrolithiasis rats through inhibiting the expression of SDCT1 in the renal tissue.

The inhibition of alcohol to cell was represented on inhibiting growth rate, fermentation rate, saccharidase, membrane potential energy, and breaking down membrane lecithoid.

Result showed that 4 fungicides which included thiophanate-methyl、carbendazine、 Mancozeb、Thiram+Ziram had better effect on inhibiting growing of the pathogeny.

In the testees with medium and high sea-sickness susceptibility, however, placebo showed no effect and dry ginger root powder was superior to dimenhydrinate inhibiting sea-sickness.

CONCLUSION The action of gandanning on inhibiting the development of CS in guinea pigs should be contributed to its resisting the produce of pathogenetic lithogenous bile by regulating liver function.

STAT3 is an important inhibitor of apoptosis gene discovered in recent years,with a bifunction of inhibiting apoptosis and getting involved in cell cycle control.

The experimental results showed that the AMPS/AA/DMDAAC - lignosulphonates graft copolymer has very good heat resistance, salt tolerance and inhibiting action when...

Real-world Examples

High prolactin levels inhibit hypothalamic GnRH production, therefore inhibiting ovulation and menstruation.

Source: Osmosis - Reproduction

And reflex arcs stimulate some muscles, while inhibiting others.

Source: Crash Course Anatomy and Physiology

By inhibiting both the intrinsic and common pathway, less fibrin is produced and coagulation slows down dramatically.

Source: Osmosis - Blood Cancer

They kill bacteria by inhibiting enzymes the bugs use to build their protective cell walls.

Source: Science in 60 Seconds - Scientific American June 2022 Collection

And it just picks up where it left off, um, photosynthesis, inhibiting, acid rain.

Source: TOEFL Preparation Handbook

It gets you to stop eating by inhibiting the sense of reward from food, and unfortunately everything else.

Source: WIL Life Revelation

Because it works by both stimulating and inhibiting the same systems in your body at the same time!

Source: Crash Course Anatomy and Physiology

I guess these nails are really inhibiting my general life, but, ooh, that looks cool.

Source: Celebrity Skincare Tips

I know that I'm incredibly nervous and excited to be up here, which is greatly inhibiting my ability to keep it cool.

Source: TED Talks (Audio Version) April 2014 Collection

He kept silent, perversely inhibiting a desire to reproach her.

Source: Beauty and Destruction (Part 2)

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