a. [ LL. inhibitorius: cf. F. inhibitoire. ] Of or pertaining to, or producing, inhibition; consisting in inhibition; tending or serving to inhibit;
I would not have you consider these criticisms as inhibitory. Lamb. [ 1913 Webster ]
Inhibitory nerves (Physiol.),
a. (Physiol.) A term applied to certain nerve centers which govern or restrain subsidiary centers, from which motor impressions issue. McKendrick. [ 1913 Webster ]