inhibitor
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Definition of inhibitor
: one that inhibits: such as
a
: an agent that slows or interferes with a chemical action
b
: a substance that reduces or suppresses the activity of another substance (such as an enzyme)
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The group鈥檚 lawsuit asks the court to order the city to treat the water with corrosion inhibitors, and to replace the old lead service lines. — Nick Corasaniti, New York Times, "Lead Crisis in Newark Grows, as Bottled Water Distribution Is Bungled," 14 Aug. 2019 What鈥檚 more, there鈥檚 been a steady introduction of new ARVs, and the new integrase inhibitors have extremely little evidence of people having drug resistance. — Jon Cohen, Science | AAAS, "Russian geneticist answers challenges to his plan to make gene-edited babies," 13 June 2019 Jensen-Jarolim, a clinical immunologist and allergy researcher at the Medical University of Vienna, then learned that her friend also took proton-pump inhibitors and sucralfate, both popular classes of antacids. — Jennifer Couzin-frankel, Science | AAAS, "Can antacids boost allergy risk?," 30 July 2019 Are or may be pregnant, have osteoporosis, have severe liver disease, or take medicines known as strong OATP1B1 inhibitors, such as cyclosporine or gemfibrozil. — Vogue, "Rosal铆a Just Kickstarted Festival Season鈥檚 Unlikeliest Trend," 8 July 2019 These can include antihistamines (which come in pills, nasal sprays, and eye drops), steroid nasal sprays, mast cell inhibitors, and leukotriene modifiers. — Marisa Cohen, Good Housekeeping, "How to Get Relief From Fall Allergies, According to an Allergist," 19 June 2019 Four such drugs, called checkpoint inhibitors, which unleash the patient鈥檚 own immune system to kill malignant cells, have been approved so far. — Denise Grady, New York Times, "Lung Cancer Patients Live Longer With Immune Therapy," 16 Apr. 2018 Orlistat is a gastrointestinal lipase inhibitor that works by blocking the absorption of 25 percent of the fat in a meal. — Kimberly Garrison, https://www.inquirer.com, "Slim down for summer the healthy way | Kimberly Garrison," 4 June 2019 Janssen shuts down its trial of BACE1 inhibitor atabecestat because of safety concerns. — Lacy Schley, Discover Magazine, "State of Science: A Roller Coaster Year for Alzheimer's Treatment," 1 Jan. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'inhibitor.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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inhibitor
noun
in路hib路i路tor
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Medical Definition of inhibitor
: one that inhibits: as
a
: an agent that slows or interferes with a chemical reaction
b
: a substance that reduces the activity of another substance (as an enzyme)
c
: a gene that checks the normal effect of another nonallelic gene when both are present
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