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inhibition (in″hĭ-bish´әn) restraint or termination of a process. in psychoanalysis, the conscious or unconscious restraining of an impulse or desire. adj., inhib´itory., adj. competitive inhibition
inhibition of enzyme activity by an inhibitor (a substrate analogue) that competes with the substrate for binding sites on
the enzymes. contact inhibition
inhibition of cell division and cell motility in normal animal cells when in close contact with each other. noncompetitive inhibition
inhibition of enzyme activity by substances that combine with the enzyme at a site other than that utilized by the substrate.
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