ANTIEPILEPTIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does antiepileptic mean? 

• ANTIEPILEPTIC (noun)
  The noun ANTIEPILEPTIC has 1 sense:

1. a drug used to treat or prevent convulsions (as in epilepsy)

  Familiarity information: ANTIEPILEPTIC used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANTIEPILEPTIC (noun)

Sense 1

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 ("antiepileptic" 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 "antiepileptic"):

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)

Depokene; valproic acid (anticonvulsant (trade name Depokene) used to prevent some kinds of seizures)

 Context examples 

The magnesium salt of valproic acid (2-propylpentanoic acid) with antiepileptic and potential antineoplastic activities.

(Magnesium Valproate, NCI Thesaurus)

A hydantoin derivative and a non-sedative antiepileptic agent with anticonvulsant activity.

(Phenytoin, NCI Thesaurus)

A synthetic phenyltriazine with antiepileptic and analgesic properties.

(Lamotrigine, NCI Thesaurus)

A stable coordination compound comprised of sodium valproate and valproic acid with anticonvulsant and antiepileptic activities.

(Divalproex Sodium, NCI Thesaurus)

A propanediol compound with anticonvulsant and antiepileptic properties.

(Felbamate, NCI Thesaurus)

The sodium salt form of phenytoin, a hydantoin derivate and non-sedative antiepileptic agent with anticonvulsant activity.

(Phenytoin sodium, NCI Thesaurus)

A pyrrolidine with antiepileptic activity.

(Levetiracetam, NCI Thesaurus)

Also called antiepileptic.

(Anticonvulsant, NCI Dictionary)

In addition, valproic acid exerts an antiepileptic effect, likely by inhibiting enzymes that catabolize the inhibitory neurotransmitter gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) catabolism and so increasing concentrations of GABA in the central nervous system (CNS).

(Magnesium Valproate, NCI Thesaurus)