variants
or less commonly anticonvulsive
ˌan-tē-kən-ˈvəl-siv,
ˌan-tī-
: used or tending to control or to prevent convulsions (as in epilepsy)
anticonvulsant
noun
or less commonly anticonvulsive
Examples of anticonvulsant in a Sentence
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Medical Services: General and enhanced observation, a blood test, anticonvulsant medicine, and a fee for services performed outside the medical facility.
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Bram Sable-Smith, CBS News, 24 May 2024
Medical services: General and enhanced observation, a blood test, anticonvulsant medicine, and a fee for services performed outside the medical facility.
—Bram Sable-Smith, NPR, 21 May 2024
This indirect activation can result in a range of reactions in the body, such as anti-inflammatory and anticonvulsant effects.
—Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 7 Mar. 2023
In agony and at times hallucinating because of an anticonvulsant one of his doctors prescribed, his shattered state infiltrated his prose and shaped the final tragic act of the novel, when one of the guests contracts Covid and has nightmarish visions.
—New York Times, 26 Oct. 2021
The Inspector General last November found 80% of Medicare nursing home residents were prescribed some type of psychotropic drug, a broad category that includes anticonvulsant or antipsychotic medications.
—Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY, 18 Jan. 2023
Children whose mothers take VPA (and to various degrees other similar drugs) during pregnancy often suffer various physical and behavioural problems, the fetal anticonvulsant syndrome.
—Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 5 Jan. 2011
Many pet owners report good results using CBD oils alongside anticonvulsant medications.
—Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 16 Dec. 2022
Other anticonvulsant drugs, such as zonisamide and gabapentin, and a smoking cessation drug called varenicline have shown mixed results.
—Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 18 Dec. 2022
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Bram Sable-Smith, CBS News, 24 May 2024
Medical services: General and enhanced observation, a blood test, anticonvulsant medicine, and a fee for services performed outside the medical facility.
—Bram Sable-Smith, NPR, 21 May 2024
This indirect activation can result in a range of reactions in the body, such as anti-inflammatory and anticonvulsant effects.
—Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 7 Mar. 2023
In agony and at times hallucinating because of an anticonvulsant one of his doctors prescribed, his shattered state infiltrated his prose and shaped the final tragic act of the novel, when one of the guests contracts Covid and has nightmarish visions.
—New York Times, 26 Oct. 2021
The Inspector General last November found 80% of Medicare nursing home residents were prescribed some type of psychotropic drug, a broad category that includes anticonvulsant or antipsychotic medications.
—Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY, 18 Jan. 2023
Children whose mothers take VPA (and to various degrees other similar drugs) during pregnancy often suffer various physical and behavioural problems, the fetal anticonvulsant syndrome.
—Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 5 Jan. 2011
Many pet owners report good results using CBD oils alongside anticonvulsant medications.
—Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 16 Dec. 2022
Other anticonvulsant drugs, such as zonisamide and gabapentin, and a smoking cessation drug called varenicline have shown mixed results.
—Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 18 Dec. 2022
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anticonvulsant
1 of 2 noun
an·ti·con·vul·sant
-kən-ˈvəl-sənt
variants
also anticonvulsive
: an anticonvulsant drug
anticonvulsant
2 of 2 adjective
variants
also anticonvulsive
: used or tending to control or prevent convulsions (as in epilepsy)
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