Alcohol muddled part of the man's brain that usually handles inhibitory actions.
Source: tatoeba (13299286)
Inhibitory
Synonyms for "inhibitory" (25 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (5)
Adjective(2 words)
Noun(3 words)
Strong matches (8)
Adjective(1 words)
enzyme inhibiting
Noun(3 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Verb(1 words)
Related words (12)
Noun(3 words)
Adjective(6 words)
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
5 entriesbiological propertycognitive descriptorpharmacological propertyphysiological descriptorpsychological property
More specific
8 entriesGABAergicenzyme inhibitorglycinergicinhibitory neuroninhibitory neurotransmittermotor inhibitionreceptor antagonistresponse inhibition
Collocations
6 entriesinhibitory controlinhibitory neuroninhibitory neurotransmissioninhibitory postsynaptic potentialinhibitory signalinhibitory synapse
Inflections
2 entriesmore inhibitorymost inhibitory
Derivations
6 entriessimilar
1 entriesSample sentences
3 total sentences available.
the inhibitory action of the pneumogastric on the respiratory center
Source: wiktionary
Numerous experiments show that the brain exercises an inhibitory action over the reflex movements, and that the more active that organ, the more they are under control.
Source: wiktionary