Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary, 21st Edition

anticonvulsant

(ăn″tĭ-kŏn-vŭl′sănt)
[Pronunciation]
[″ + L. convulsio, pulling together]

1. Preventing or relieving convulsions.
2. An agent that prevents or relieves convulsions.

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