ANTICONVULSANT
Dictionary entry overview: What does anticonvulsant mean?
• ANTICONVULSANT (noun)
The noun ANTICONVULSANT has 1 sense:
1. a drug used to treat or prevent convulsions (as in epilepsy)
Familiarity information: ANTICONVULSANT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• ANTICONVULSANT (noun)
Meaning:
A drug used to treat or prevent convulsions (as in epilepsy)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
anticonvulsant; anticonvulsant drug; antiepileptic; antiepileptic drug
Hypernyms ("anticonvulsant" 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"):
Emeside; ethosuximide; Zarontin (an anticonvulsant drug (trade names Emeside and Zarontin) used to treat petit mal epilepsy)
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)
