antiepileptic

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adjective

Acting to prevent epileptic seizures

“This drug has an antiepileptic effect.”

Similar
anticonvulsantanticonvulsant drugantiepileptic drug
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Meanings

adjectiveantiepileptic (not comparable)
  1. not comparablemedicineActing to prevent epileptic seizures

    This drug has an antiepileptic effect.

nounantiepileptic (plural antiepileptics)

plural antiepileptics

  1. medicineA drug which acts to prevent epileptic seizures

    He was prescribed a course of antiepileptics.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna drug used to treat or prevent convulsions (as in epilepsy)

Similar
anticonvulsantanticonvulsant drugantiepileptic drug
Broader
medicinemedicationmedicament
Also see
anticonvulsantantiseizureepileptic

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From anti- + epileptic.

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Translations

Czech antiepileptikum
  • antiepileptikuma drug which acts to prevent epileptic seizures
Hungarian antiepilepsziás, antiepileptikum
  • antiepilepsziásacting to prevent epilepic seizures
  • antiepileptikuma drug which acts to prevent epileptic seizures
Portuguese antiepilético, antiepilético
  • antiepiléticoacting to prevent epilepic seizures
  • antiepiléticoa drug which acts to prevent epileptic seizures
Cite this entry
APA

antiepileptic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antiepileptic

MLA

“antiepileptic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antiepileptic. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “antiepileptic,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antiepileptic.

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