Inhibited

inhibited
    adj 1: held back or restrained or prevented; "in certain
           conditions previously inhibited conditioned reactions can
           reappear" [ant: {uninhibited}]
    

Inhibit \In*hib"it\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Inhibited}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Inhibiting}.] [L. inhibitus, p. p. of inhibere; pref.
   in- in + habere to have, hold. See {Habit}.]
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   1. To check; to hold back; to restrain; to hinder.
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            Their motions also are excited or inhibited . . . by
            the objects without them.             --Bentley.
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   2. To forbid; to prohibit; to interdict.
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            All men were inhibited, by proclamation, at the
            dissolution, so much as to mention a Parliament.
                                                  --Clarendon.
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            Burial may not be inhibited or denied to any one.
                                                  --Ayliffe.
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   3. (Chem., Biochem.) To cause the rate of (a chemical or
      biochemical reaction) to proceed slower, or to halt; as,
      vitamin C inhibits oxidation; penicillins inhibit
      bacterial cell wall synthesis.
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   4. To restrain (a behavior) by a mechanism involving
      conscious or unconscious motivations.
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inhibited \inhibited\ adj.
   1. held back or restrained or prevented; as, in certain
      conditions previously inhibited conditioned reactions can
      reappear; -- of behaviors. Opposite of {uninhibited}.
    

29 Moby Thesaurus words for "inhibited":
      abashed, arrested, bridled, cold, constrained, controlled, curbed,
      embarrassed, guarded, in check, in leading strings, in remission,
      on leash, passionless, pent-up, repressed, reserved, restrained,
      retarded, reticent, self-conscious, shy, slowed down,
      under control, under discipline, under restraint, undersexed,
      unresponsive, uptight