noun
a drug used to treat or prevent convulsions (as in epilepsy)
• Syn: ↑anticonvulsant, ↑anticonvulsant drug, ↑antiepileptic
• 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
Useful english dictionary. 2012.