- anticonvulsants
- adj. serving to prevent or lessen the occurrence of convulsions or seizures (Medicine) n. drug used to prevent or lessen the occurrence of convulsions or seizures (Medicine)
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
anticonvulsants
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