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inhibitor
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inhibitor [in′hib·əd·ər]
(aerospace engineering)
A substance bonded, taped, or dip-dried onto a solid propellant to restrict the burning surface and to give direction to the burning process.
(chemistry)
A substance which is capable of stopping or retarding a chemical reaction; to be technically useful, it must be effective in low concentration.


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The research evidence confirms that Super Alleru-Buster is the first material applied to precipitator (air cleaning) systems to be highly effective in inhibiting bird flu.
Protectant or preventative fungicides protect the surface of the leaf by inhibiting spore germination and infection.
2] was killing the parasite by inhibiting TbcatB, the researchers interfered with the cellular mechanisms that underlie TbcatB's manufacture.
 
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