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. [ 1913 Webster ]

I would not have you consider these criticisms as inhibitory. Lamb. [ 1913 Webster ]

Inhibitory nerves (Physiol.), those nerves which modify, inhibit, or suppress a motor or secretory act already in progress. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Physiol.) A term applied to certain nerve centers which govern or restrain subsidiary centers, from which motor impressions issue. McKendrick. [ 1913 Webster ]