inhibitor

From inhibit + -or.

• (US) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈhɪbɪtɚ/

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inhibitor (plural inhibitors)

1. One who, or that which, inhibits.

   I found daily meditation to be a useful inhibitor of negative thoughts.

2. (chemistry) Any substance capable of stopping or slowing a specific chemical reaction.
   • 2024 March 21, Kristen Rogers, “If antidepressants are killing your sex life, here’s what you can do”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     The class of antidepressants most commonly associated with sexual dysfunction is selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, or SSRIs, which treat depression by ultimately increasing levels of the neurotransmitter serotonin in the brain. […] A common solution is switching to bupropion, which is a norepinephrine-dopamine reuptake inhibitor, or NDRI.

3. (biology) Any substance capable of stopping or slowing a specific biological process.

• catalyst

• IPA^(key): [ˈɪnɦɪbɪtor]

inhibitor m inan

1. (chemistry, biology, pharmacology) inhibitor

   inhibitor koroze. ― rust inhibitor.

Internationalism, borrowed from English inhibitor.

• IPA^(key): /ɪn.hi.ˈbi.tɔr/
• Rhymes: -tɔr, -ɔr, -r
• Hyphenation: in‧hi‧bi‧tor

inhibitor (plural inhibitor-inhibitor)

1. (biology, chemistry) inhibitor: any substance capable of stopping or slowing a specific chemical reaction or biological process

   Synonym: penghambat

   Synonym: perencat (Standard Malay)

• “inhibitor”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Internationalism; compare English inhibitor, French inhibiteur, German Inhibitor.

• IPA^(key): /in.xiˈbi.tɔr/

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• Rhymes: -itɔr
• Syllabification: in‧hi‧bi‧tor

inhibitor m inan

1. (chemistry) inhibitor

• “inhibitor”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)

Borrowed from French inhibiteur.

inhibitor m (plural inhibitori)

1. inhibitor