|  anticonvulsant 
 
 a drug used to treat or prevent convulsions (as in epilepsy)
 • Syn:
 anticonvulsant drug, antiepileptic, antiepileptic drug
 • Hypernyms:
 medicine, medication, medicament, medicinal drug
 • Hyponyms:
 ethosuximide, Emeside, Zarontin, gabapentin, Neurontin,
 hydantoin, mephenytoin, Mesantoin, mephobarbital, Mebaral, metharbital,
 metharbital, phensuximide, Milontin, primidone, Mysoline,
 valproic acid, Depokene
 
 
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