inhibitor
Reaction slowing agent
An inhibitor is something that slows, blocks, or prevents a process or reaction.
The term appears most often in scientific contexts: enzyme inhibitors block biochemical reactions, corrosion inhibitors protect metal surfaces, and ACE inhibitors lower blood pressure.
More broadly, anything that restrains or suppresses can be called an inhibitor: Fear is a powerful inhibitor of creative thinking.
Therapeutic substance for illness
- treatmentCare for an ailment
- drugActive chemical compound
- prescriptionMedical dispensing authorization
- proteaseProtein-cleaving enzyme
kinase · reuptake · statin · anticoagulant · antihypertensive · antiviral · antiretroviral · ACE
Something blocking the way
- impedimentThing that obstructs progress
- hindranceBarrier to progress
- obstructionSomething blocking the way
- blockageObstruction halting movement
bottleneck · roadblock · stumbling block · restriction · limitation · constraint · check · curb
Protein that hastens reactions
- substrateUnderlying supporting material
- receptorSignal-receiving molecule
- antagonistOne who opposes another
- bindingLegally or morally required
molecule · compound · catalyst · affinity · selectivity · competitive · noncompetitive · reversible
Loss of confidence
- disincentiveFactor discouraging action
- dissuasionConvincing someone not to
- preventiveMeant to stop trouble
- countermeasureDefense against a threat
safeguard · prophylactic · defense · deterrence · warning · penalty · sanction
Device maintaining steady output
- modulatorDevice that varies signals
- governorState's chief executive
- stabilizerThing ensuring steadiness
- controllerDevice directing a system
suppressor · limiter · restrictor · dampener · feedback · thermostat · circuit breaker
medication
Therapeutic substance for illness
- treatmentCare for an ailment
- drugActive chemical compound
- prescriptionMedical dispensing authorization
protease · kinase · reuptake · statin · anticoagulant · antihypertensive · antiviral · antiretroviral · ACE · SSRI
obstacle
Something blocking the way
- impedimentThing that obstructs progress
- hindranceBarrier to progress
- obstructionSomething blocking the way
blockage · bottleneck · roadblock · stumbling block · restriction · limitation · constraint · check · curb · brake
enzyme
Protein that hastens reactions
- substrateUnderlying supporting material
- receptorSignal-receiving molecule
- antagonistOne who opposes another
binding · molecule · compound · catalyst · affinity · selectivity · competitive · noncompetitive · reversible · irreversible
discouragement
Loss of confidence
- disincentiveFactor discouraging action
- dissuasionConvincing someone not to
- preventiveMeant to stop trouble
countermeasure · safeguard · prophylactic · defense · deterrence · warning · penalty · sanction
regulator
Device maintaining steady output
- modulatorDevice that varies signals
- governorState's chief executive
- stabilizerThing ensuring steadiness
controller · suppressor · limiter · restrictor · dampener · feedback · thermostat · circuit breaker
- Enzymologysubstrate, active site, catalysis, Michaelis-Menten, turnover number
- chemistryatom, atoms, organic chemistry, molecule, chemistry
- counteragentsantidote, antitoxin, antivenom, antiserum, counteractant
- limiterslimiter, limit, restrictor, regulator, throttle
- reducersfever reducer, attenuator, dampener, limiter, suppressant
- weakenerssap, drain, fatigue, stress, erosion
- growth inhibitionBlocking normal development
- rust inhibitorSubstance preventing metal oxidation
- TNF inhibitorsDrugs blocking inflammatory protein
- inhibitory controlSuppressing prepotent responses
- COX inhibitorEnzyme-blocking pain reliever
- aromatase inhibitorsEnzyme-blocking hormonal medications
inhibit, uninhibited, inhibition, inhibits, inhibitory, inhibitors, uninhibitedly, disinhibition