anticonvulsant drug 1
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Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]
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EnglishDefinition
a drug used to treat or prevent convulsions (as in epilepsy)
Hypernym
medicine 2
noun
(medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease
EnglishHyponym
ethosuximide 1
noun
an anticonvulsant drug (trade names Emeside and Zarontin) used to treat petit mal epilepsy
gabapentin 1
noun
an anticonvulsant (trade name Neurontin) used to control some types of seizures in the treatment of epilepsy; also used to manage neuralgia caused by shingles
hydantoin 1
noun
any of a group of anticonvulsant drugs used in treating epilepsy
mephenytoin 1
noun
a toxic anticonvulsant drug (trade name Mesantoin) used in the treatment of epilepsy when less toxic anticonvulsants have been ineffective
mephobarbital 1
noun
a long-acting crystalline barbiturate (trade name Mebaral) used as a sedative and as an anticonvulsant in the treatment of epilepsy
