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inhibition

[in-i-bish-uhn, in-hi-] / ˌɪn ɪˈbɪʃ ən, ˌɪn hɪ- /


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Blau, Bhutani and other coauthors are inventors on patent applications held by Stanford University involving 15-PGDH inhibition for cartilage and tissue rejuvenation.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026

Through inhibition, the brain was seen as the self’s control center: the source of our ability not just to see, for instance, but to focus, to pay attention.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

It added that more people treated with ziltivekimab had serious infections, but that was consistent with aiming for IL-6 inhibition.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026

“I can be more daring in English. I can say the words or verbalize the thoughts with much less inhibition, because I am not as emotionally attached,” he explains.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026

She moved in front of me with no shyness or inhibition.

From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes

Then there’s shame and disgust, the inhibitions that nature uses to turn humans into social beings.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

Launched in 1988, Whale's live, often chaotic programme was like a daytime TV format gone rogue: one which had lost its inhibitions and any qualms about upholding the usual standards of taste and decency.

From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2025

But she comes by that rejection of inhibitions honestly.

From Salon ● Dec. 8, 2024

And how could anyone resist letting go of pesky inhibitions with Herman’s empowering score filling up Pasadena Playhouse with pure effervescence.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 19, 2024

Alone, with appalling abruptness, she could shed her inhibitions.

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick


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