PHENYTOIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does phenytoin mean? 

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

1. an anticonvulsant drug (trade name Dilantin) used to treat epilepsy and that is not a sedative

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PHENYTOIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An anticonvulsant drug (trade name Dilantin) used to treat epilepsy and that is not a sedative

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

Dilantin; diphenylhydantoin; phenytoin

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

hydantoin (any of a group of anticonvulsant drugs used in treating epilepsy)

 Context examples 

A rare syndrome caused by exposure of the fetus to phenytoin.

(Fetal Hydantoin Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

The mechanism of action is not completely known, but is thought to be fairly similar to phenytoin.

(Ethotoin, NCI Thesaurus)

Phenytoin sodium promotes sodium efflux from neurons located in the motor cortex, thereby stabilizing the neuron and inhibiting synaptic transmission.

(Phenytoin sodium, NCI Thesaurus)

Overgrowth of the gingival tissue caused by phenytoin, cyclosporine A, and calcium channel blockers.

(Drug Induced Gingival Hyperplasia, NCI Thesaurus)

Phenytoin potentially acts by promoting sodium efflux from neurons located in the motor cortex reducing post-tetanic potentiation at synapses.

(Phenytoin, NCI Thesaurus)

The sodium salt form of fosphenytoin, a prodrug that is hydrolyzed to the anticonvulsant phenytoin upon parental administration.

(Fosphenytoin Sodium, NCI Thesaurus)

Also called phenytoin sodium.

(Dilantin, NCI Dictionary)

Phenytoin exerts its effect most likely through an enhancement of sodium efflux from neurons in the motor cortex.

(Fosphenytoin Sodium, NCI Thesaurus)

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

(Phenytoin sodium, NCI Thesaurus)

Other physiologic effects from actions of phenytoin include modulation of the voltage-dependent calcium channels of neurons, inhibition of calcium flux across neuronal membranes and enhancement of sodium-potassium ATPase activity of neurons and glial cells.

(Fosphenytoin Sodium, NCI Thesaurus)