anticonvulsant drug meaning

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anticonvulsant drug (noun): a drug used to treat or prevent convulsions (as in epilepsy).

Definition of anticonvulsant drug

  1. a drug used to treat or prevent convulsions (as in epilepsy)

    Synonyms: anticonvulsant, antiepileptic, antiepileptic drug

    Type of: medicine

    Kinds: ethosuximide, gabapentin, hydantoin, mephenytoin, mephobarbital, metharbital, phensuximide, primidone, valproic acid

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