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inhibitor

[in-hib-i-ter] / ɪnˈhɪb ɪ tər /




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Revolution is running trials on a next-generation RAS inhibitor that could be even more effective, as well as testing daraxonrasib in non-small cell lung cancer.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026

That’s how you get branded a dinosaur, a fuddy-dud, an inhibitor of the inexorable march toward efficiency and greatness.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

Islatravir, meanwhile, is what’s known as a nucleoside reverse transcriptase translocation inhibitor, a novel drug that is significantly more potent.

From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026

By targeting sperm metabolism with an inhibitor based, nonhormonal approach, it may be possible to temporarily disable sperm function when desired while minimizing unwanted effects.

From Science Daily • Feb. 14, 2026

The difference between an antienzyme, which protects material which would otherwise be subject to the attack of an enzyme, and an inhibitor, which renders the enzyme itself inactive, is apparent.

From The Chemistry of Plant Life by Thatcher, Roscoe Wilfred




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