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anticonvulsant

adjective an·ti·con·vul·sant \-kən-ˈvəl-sənt\

Definition of ANTICONVULSANT

:  used or tending to control or to prevent convulsions (as in epilepsy)
anticonvulsant also anticonvulsive noun

Variants of ANTICONVULSANT

an·ti·con·vul·sant also an·ti·con·vul·sive \-siv\
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First Known Use of ANTICONVULSANT

1733

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