inhibitor

See also: Inhibitor

English

Etymology

inhibit +‎ -or

Noun

inhibitor (plural inhibitors)

1. One who or that which inhibits.

   I found daily meditation to be a useful inhibitor of negative thoughts.

2. (chemistry) Any substance capable of stopping or slowing a specific chemical reaction.
3. (biology) Any substance capable of stopping or slowing a specific biological process

Derived terms

• inhibitory

 

Compound words

• neuroinhibitor
• noninhibitor
• ovoinhibitor
• sympathoinhibitor
• vasoinhibitor

 

Expressions

• Bowman-Birk protease inhibitor
• enzyme inhibitor

 

Translations

substance slowing a reaction

• Afrikaans: inhibeerder
• Azerbaijani: ingibitor
• Basque: inhibitzaile
• Bulgarian: инхибитор (bg) (inhibitor)
• Catalan: inhibidor m
• Chichewa: woletsa
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 抑制劑

• Czech: inhibitor (cs) m zpomalovač m
• Danish: hæmmer
• Dutch: inhibitor m, remmer (nl) m
• Estonian: inhibiitor
• Finnish: estoaine, inhibiittori (fi)
• French: inhibiteur (fr) m
• Georgian: ინჰიბიტორი (inhibiṭori)
• German: Inhibitor (de) m
• Greek: αναστολέας (el) m (anastoléas)
• Gujarati: બાધક (bādhak)

• Hungarian: please add this translation if you can
• Icelandic: hemill (is) m
• Italian: inibitore (it)
• Kazakh: ингибиторы m pl (ingibitory)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: rêgir (ku)

• Lithuanian: inhibitorius
• Malay: perencat (ms)
• Mongolian: дарангуйлагч (mn) (daranguylagch)
• Polish: inhibitor (pl) m
• Portuguese: inibidor
• Romanian: inhibitor (ro)
• Russian: ингиби́тор (ru) m (ingibítor)
• Sotho: sesitisa
• Spanish: inhibidor (es)
• Swahili: kiviza
• Tagalog: panansala
• Telugu: నిరోధకము (nirōdhakamu)
• Yiddish: אינהיביטאָר‎ (inhibitor)

See also

• catalyst

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Czech

Noun

inhibitor m

1. inhibitor

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /in.xiˈbi.tɔr/

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• Rhymes: -itɔr
• Syllabification: in‧hi‧bi‧tor

Noun

inhibitor m inan

1. (chemistry) inhibitor

Declension

Declension of inhibitor

	singular	plural
nominative	inhibitor	inhibitory
genitive	inhibitoru	inhibitorów
dative	inhibitorowi	inhibitorom
accusative	inhibitor	inhibitory
instrumental	inhibitorem	inhibitorami
locative	inhibitorze	inhibitorach
vocative	inhibitorze	inhibitory

Derived terms

adjective

• inhibitorowy

 

Further reading

• inhibitor in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• inhibitor in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Romanian

Etymology

From French inhibiteur.

Noun

inhibitor m (plural inhibitori)

1. inhibitor

Declension

Declension of inhibitor

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) inhibitor	inhibitorul	(niște) inhibitori	inhibitorii
genitive/dative	(unui) inhibitor	inhibitorului	(unor) inhibitori	inhibitorilor
vocative	inhibitorule		inhibitorilor