anticonvulsive

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adjective

Acting against or serving to prevent convulsions.

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Meanings

adjectiveanticonvulsive (not comparable)
  1. not comparablemedicineActing against or serving to prevent convulsions.
nounanticonvulsive (plural anticonvulsives)

plural anticonvulsives

  1. medicineAny anticonvulsant drug.

Origin

From anti- + convulsive.

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Translations

Portuguese anticonvulsivo, anticonvulsivo
  • anticonvulsivoacting against or serving to prevent convulsions
  • anticonvulsivoany anticonvulsant drug
Ukrainian протисудо́мний, протиконвульси́вний
  • протисудо́мний (protysudómnyj)acting against or serving to prevent convulsions
  • протиконвульси́вний (protykonvulʹsývnyj)acting against or serving to prevent convulsions
Cite this entry
APA

anticonvulsive. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anticonvulsive

MLA

“anticonvulsive.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anticonvulsive. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “anticonvulsive,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anticonvulsive.

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