anticonvulsant

adjective

an·​ti·​con·​vul·​sant

ˌan-tē-kən-ˈvəl-sənt,

ˌan-tī- 

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

Recent Examples on the Web

However, there was also a mixture of other substances, including a synthetic version of psilocybin, the prescription anticonvulsant drug pregabalin and the supplement kava. —Will Stone, NPR, 21 Dec. 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, CBS News, 24 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

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

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

Word History

First Known Use

1696, in the meaning defined above

Medical Definition

anticonvulsant

1 of 2 noun

an·​ti·​con·​vul·​sant -kən-ˈvəl-sənt 

variants also anticonvulsive

-siv 

: an anticonvulsant drug

anticonvulsant

2 of 2 adjective

variants also anticonvulsive

: used or tending to control or prevent convulsions (as in epilepsy)