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photoinhibit

photoinhibit verb: to photochemically inhibit.

Verb

photoinhibit (third-person singular simple present photoinhibits, present participle photoinhibiting, simple past and past participle photoinhibited)

  1. To photochemically inhibit

Forms of photoinhibit

third-person singular presentphotoinhibits
present participlephotoinhibiting
past participlephotoinhibited
pastphotoinhibited

Origin of photoinhibit

From photo- + inhibit.

Questions about photoinhibit

What does photoinhibit mean?
Photoinhibit means to photochemically inhibit.
What part of speech is photoinhibit?
Photoinhibit is a verb.
What is the past tense of photoinhibit?
The past tense of photoinhibit is photoinhibited.

Words near photoinhibit in the dictionary

  1. photoinducible
  2. photoinduction
  3. photoinductions
  4. photoinductive
  5. photoing
  6. photoinhibit
  7. photoinhibited
  8. photoinhibiting
  9. photoinhibition
  10. photoinhibitions
  11. photoinhibitive

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