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Inhibitory

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.

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Restrictive 84% connected

Serving or tending to restrict; limiting; as, a restrictive particle; restrictive laws of trade.

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Restrictive 84% connected

Serving or tending to restrict; limiting; as, a restrictive particle; restrictive laws of trade.

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Inhibit 74% connected

To check; to hold back; to restrain; to hinder.

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Inhibit 74% connected

To check; to hold back; to restrain; to hinder.

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Repressive 92% connected

Having power, or tending, to repress; as, repressive acts or measures.

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-ory unknown · 78% connection

An adjective suffix meaning of or pertaining to, serving for; as in auditory, pertaining to or serving for hearing; prohibitory, amend…

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Antagonism noun · 78% connection

(biochemistry) interference in or inhibition of the physiological action of a chemical substance by another having a similar structure

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antimicrobial resistance noun · 78% connection

When germs stop responding to medicines used against them.

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Attentat noun · 78% connection

A proceeding in a court of judicature, after an inhibition is decreed.

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Axis noun · 78% connection

A straight line with respect to which the different parts of a magnitude are symmetrically arranged; as, the axis of a cylinder, i. e.…

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Blocker noun · 78% connection

a class of drugs that inhibit (block) some biological process

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Blocking agent noun · 78% connection

a class of drugs that inhibit (block) some biological process

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Castration noun · 78% connection

surgical removal of the testes or ovaries (usually to inhibit hormone secretion in cases of breast cancer in women or prostate cancer…

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Central adjective · 78% connection

Relating to the center; situated in or near the center or middle; containing the center; of or pertaining to the parts near the center…

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Centralize verb · 78% connection

To draw or bring to a center point; to gather into or about a center; to bring into one system, or under one control.

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Centrolineal adjective · 78% connection

Converging to a center; -- applied to lines drawn so as to meet in a point or center.

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Concentre verb · 78% connection

To come to one point; to meet in, or converge toward, a common center; to have a common center.

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Cyclone noun · 78% connection

A violent storm, often of vast extent, characterized by high winds rotating about a calm center of low atmospheric pressure. This cent…

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Cytotoxic drug noun · 78% connection

any drug that has a toxic effect on cells; commonly used in chemotherapy to inhibit the proliferation of cancerous cells

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Depressomotor adjective · 78% connection

Depressing or diminishing the capacity for movement, as depressomotor nerves, which lower or inhibit muscular activity.

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Eccentric adjective · 78% connection

Deviating or departing from the center, or from the line of a circle; as, an eccentric or elliptical orbit; pertaining to deviation fr…

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Eccentricity noun · 78% connection

The ratio of the distance of the center of the orbit of a heavenly body from the center of the body round which it revolves to the sem…

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Electro-motive adjective · 78% connection

Producing electro-motion; producing, or tending to produce, electricity or an electric current; causing electrical action or effects.

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