antiepileptic medicine

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• antiepileptic — SYN: anticonvulsant. * * * an·ti·ep·i·lep·tic .ep ə lep tik adj tending to suppress or prevent epilepsy <antiepileptic treatment> antiepileptic n an antiepileptic drug * * * an·ti·ep·i·lep·tic (an″te ep″ĭ lepґtik) 1.… …   Medical dictionary

• antiepileptic drug — see anticonvulsant …   Medical dictionary

• antiepileptic — noun a drug used to treat or prevent convulsions (as in epilepsy) • Syn: ↑anticonvulsant, ↑anticonvulsant drug, ↑antiepileptic drug • Hypernyms: ↑medicine, ↑medication, ↑medicament, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

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• antiepileptic drug — noun a drug used to treat or prevent convulsions (as in epilepsy) • Syn: ↑anticonvulsant, ↑anticonvulsant drug, ↑antiepileptic • Hypernyms: ↑medicine, ↑medication, ↑medicament, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

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• Anticonvulsant — A medication used to control (prevent) seizures (convulsions) or stop an ongoing series of seizures. There are a large number of anticonvulsant drugs today including, but not limited to: phenobarbital, phenytoin (Dilantin), carbamazepine,… …   Medical dictionary

• Infantile spasms — A seizure disorder of infancy and early childhood with the onset predominantly in the first year of life of myoclonic seizures, hypsarrhythmia (abnormal, chaotic electroencephalogram), and mental retardation. The spasms are sudden, brief… …   Medical dictionary

• phenylethylmalonamide — A metabolite of primidone, an antiepileptic agent. P. has anticonvulsant activity in animals but has not been evaluated as an antiepileptic agent in humans …   Medical dictionary

• Dementia — Significant loss of intellectual abilities such as memory capacity, severe enough to interfere with social or occupational functioning. Criteria for the diagnosis of dementia include impairment of attention, orientation, memory, judgment,… …   Medical dictionary

• Epilepsy — (seizure disorder): When nerve cells in the brain fire electrical impulses at a rate of up to four times higher than normal, this causes a sort of electrical storm in the brain, known as a seizure. A pattern of repeated seizures is referred to as …   Medical dictionary