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cardioinhibitory

cardioinhibitory adjective: restraining or limiting the heart's action.

Adjective

cardioinhibitory (not comparable)

  1. restraining or limiting the heart's action.
    • cardioinhibitory response
    • vagal cardioinhibitory fibers

Origin of cardioinhibitory

From cardio- + inhibitory.

Questions about cardioinhibitory

What does cardioinhibitory mean?
Cardioinhibitory means restraining or limiting the heart's action.
What part of speech is cardioinhibitory?
Cardioinhibitory is an adjective.

Words near cardioinhibitory in the dictionary

  1. cardioidal
  2. cardioids
  3. cardioimpedance
  4. cardioimpedances
  5. cardioinhibition
  6. cardioinhibitory
  7. cardiokine
  8. cardiokines
  9. cardiokinetic
  10. cardiokinetics
  11. cardiokymography

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