\In*hib"i*to*ry\, a. [LL. inhibitorius: cf. F.
inhibitoire.]
Of or pertaining to, or producing, inhibition; consisting in
inhibition; tending or serving to inhibit; as, the inhibitory
action of the pneumogastric on the respiratory center.
      I would not have you consider these criticisms as
      inhibitory.                              --Lamb.
{Inhibitory nerves} (Physiol.), those nerves which modify,
   inhibit, or suppress a motor or secretory act already in
   progress.