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Something - often a chemical, drug, or substance in the body - that slows down or stops a process from happening. In medicine, an inhibitor might block an enzyme so it can't do its usual job, which is often how certain medicines work, like blocking pain signals or slowing down a disease.
抑制劑
組成inhibit (to hold back, prevent) + -or (a person or thing that does the action).
同家族的字
- inhibitthe base verb, meaning to hold something back or stop it
- inhibitionthe noun form, often used for a mental block, like feeling too shy to act freely
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
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inhibitornoun/ɪnˈhɪbɪtɚ/
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One who, or that which, inhibits.
- I found daily meditation to be a useful inhibitor of negative thoughts.
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chemistrynatural-sciencesphysical-sciencesAny substance capable of stopping or slowing a specific chemical reaction.
- The class of antidepressants most commonly associated with sexual dysfunction is selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, or SSRIs, which treat depression by ultimately increasing levels of the neurotransmitter serotonin in the brain. […] A common solution is switching to bupropion, which is a norepinephrine-dopamine reuptake inhibitor, or NDRI.
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biologynatural-sciencesAny substance capable of stopping or slowing a specific biological process.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。