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inhibitant

inhibitant noun: something that inhibits.

Noun

inhibitant (plural inhibitants)

  1. something that inhibits.
    • A still more interesting case, in which the enzyme and inhibitant occur actually combined together has been revealed by the researches of Dr. S. Hedin on Rennet,1912, Arthur Harden, The Chemical world: A monthly journal of chemistry and chemical engineering, Volume I, page 192
    • It is shown that the mother-substance, the zymogen, of the clot-inducing substance is not simple but is a compound of the enzyme and an inhibitant for that enzyme.1919, William Emerson Ritter, The Unity of the Organism; Or, The Organismal Conception of Life, page 105

Forms of inhibitant

pluralinhibitants

Origin of inhibitant

From inhibit + -ant.

Questions about inhibitant

What does inhibitant mean?
Inhibitant means something that inhibits.
What part of speech is inhibitant?
Inhibitant is a noun.
What is the plural of inhibitant?
The plural of inhibitant is inhibitants.

Words near inhibitant in the dictionary

  1. inhibins
  2. inhibit
  3. inhibitabilities
  4. inhibitability
  5. inhibitable
  6. inhibitant
  7. inhibitants
  8. inhibitatory
  9. inhibited
  10. inhibitedly
  11. inhibitedness

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