ANTIEPILEPTIC DRUG

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does antiepileptic drug mean? 

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

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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANTIEPILEPTIC DRUG (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 drug" 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 drug"):

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)