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What does inhibit mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word inhibit? Here's what it means.

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  1. (transitive) To hold in or hold back; to keep in check; restrain.
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That old Asian standby, soya, contains isoflavonoids, which help inhibit the growth of prostate cancer cells.
Being a lipophillic compound, it can inhibit or bind to several regulatory enzymes and proteins.
We know, for example, that H5N1 is sensitive to antiviral drugs that inhibit one of its important enzymes, called neuraminidase.
Both the very high residual sugar and the trace materials secreted by the botrytis into the juice inhibit fermentation.
The hawthorn plant contains pharmacologically active flavonoids that inhibit vasoconstriction and actively dilate blood vessels.
In contrast to moving from outdoors to neck tethers, moving from outdoors to indoor gestation pens or stalls did not inhibit litter size.

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