inhibitory

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

inhibitory
    adj 1: restrictive of action; "a repressive regime"; "an overly
           strict and inhibiting discipline" [syn: {inhibitory},
           {repressive}, {repressing}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Inhibitory \In*hib"i*to*ry\, a. [LL. inhibitorius: cf. F.
   inhibitoire.]
   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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         I would not have you consider these criticisms as
         inhibitory.                              --Lamb.
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   {Inhibitory nerves} (Physiol.), those nerves which modify,
      inhibit, or suppress a motor or secretory act already in
      progress.
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