GABAPENTIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does gabapentin mean? 

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

1. 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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GABAPENTIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

gabapentin; Neurontin

Hypernyms ("gabapentin" is a kind of...):

anticonvulsant; anticonvulsant drug; antiepileptic; antiepileptic drug (a drug used to treat or prevent convulsions (as in epilepsy))

 Context examples 

Although its exact mechanism of action is unknown, gabapentin appears to inhibit excitatory neuron activity.

(Gabapentin, NCI Thesaurus)