inhibitant

English

Etymology

From inhibit +‎ -ant.

Noun

inhibitant (plural inhibitants)

1. (chemistry) something that inhibits.
   • 1912, Arthur Harden, The Chemical world: A monthly journal of chemistry and chemical engineering, Volume I, page 192:

     A still more interesting case, in which the enzyme and inhibitant occur actually combined together has been revealed by the researches of Dr. S. Hedin on Rennet,

   • 1919, William Emerson Ritter, The Unity of the Organism; Or, The Organismal Conception of Life, page 105:

     It is shown that the mother-substance, the zymogen, of the clot-inducing substance is not simple but is a compound of the enzyme and an inhibitant for that enzyme.

   • 1922, Edward Maxted, The Chemical Age, page 816:

     the inhibitant is converted by oxidation into carbon dioxide.