noun
a drug used to treat or prevent convulsions (as in epilepsy)
• Syn: ↑anticonvulsant, ↑anticonvulsant drug, ↑antiepileptic drug
• Hypernyms: ↑medicine, ↑medication, ↑medicament, ↑medicinal drug
• Hyponyms:
↑ethosuximide, ↑Emeside, ↑Zarontin, ↑gabapentin, ↑Neurontin, ↑hydantoin, ↑mephenytoin, ↑Mesantoin, ↑mephobarbital, ↑Mebaral, ↑metharbital, ↑Gemonil, ↑phensuximide, ↑Milontin, ↑primidone, ↑Mysoline, ↑valproic acid, ↑Depokene
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\\"ˌ\ adjective : tending to suppress or prevent epilepsy
antiepileptic treatment
• antiepileptic noun
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adj., n.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.