Something that restrains, blocks, or suppresses. The conscious or unconscious restraint of a behavioral process, a desire, or an impulse. Any of a variety of processes that are associated with the gradual attenuation, masking, and extinction of a previously conditioned response. The condition in which or the process by which a reaction is inhibited. The condition in which or the process by which an enzyme is inhibited.
Body fluids are primarily water and electrolytes. Electrolytes are ions comprised of 4 minerals that include Sodium, (Na) Potassium, (K), Magnesium (Mg), and Calcium (Ca). An ion is the disassociated part of a molecule like salt, (sodium chloride).
Electrolytes are especially important for normal contraction of skeletal and cardiac muscle fibers. Without the appropriate balance of electrolytes such as potassium and sodium, heart contractions become abnormal and the risk of heart attack increases.