Definition of antiepileptic Antiepileptic
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What does antiepileptic mean?
WordNet
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| antiepileptic - a drug used to treat or prevent convulsions (as in epilepsy) | ||
| anticonvulsant, anticonvulsant drug, antiepileptic drug | ||
| medicament, medicinal drug, medication, medicine the act of treating with medicines or remedies | ||
| emeside, ethosuximide, zarontin an anticonvulsant drug (trade names Emeside and Zarontin) used to treat petit mal epilepsy | ||
| gabapentin, neurontin an anticonvulsant (trade name Neurontin) used to control some types of seizures in the treatment of epilepsy; also used to manage neuralgia caused by shingles | ||
| 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 | ||
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Wiktionary 
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- antiepileptic (a. & n.)
Same as Antepileptic.
Part of speech
🔤- antiepileptic, noun, singular of antiepileptics.
