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    ANTICONVULSANT DRUG

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A drug used to treat or prevent convulsions (as in epilepsy)play

    Synonyms:

    anticonvulsant; anticonvulsant drug; antiepileptic; antiepileptic drug

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting man-made objects

    Hypernyms ("anticonvulsant drug" is a kind of...):

    medicament; medication; medicinal drug; medicine ((medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "anticonvulsant drug"):

    Emeside; ethosuximide; Zarontin (an anticonvulsant drug (trade names Emeside and Zarontin) used to treat petit mal epilepsy)

    gabapentin; Neurontin (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 (any of a group of anticonvulsant drugs used in treating epilepsy)

    mephenytoin; Mesantoin (a toxic anticonvulsant drug (trade name Mesantoin) used in the treatment of epilepsy when less toxic anticonvulsants have been ineffective)

    Mebaral; mephobarbital (a long-acting crystalline barbiturate (trade name Mebaral) used as a sedative and as an anticonvulsant in the treatment of epilepsy)

    Gemonil; metharbital (anticonvulsant drug (trade name Gemonil) used in the treatment of epilepsy)

    Milontin; phensuximide (anticonvulsant (trade name Milontin) used to treat petit mal)

    Mysoline; primidone (an anticonvulsant (trade name Mysoline) used to treat grand mal seizures and essential tremor)

    Depokene; valproic acid (anticonvulsant (trade name Depokene) used to prevent some kinds of seizures)

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