Usually means: Suppresses or prevents seizure activity.
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We found 15 dictionaries that define the word anticonvulsive:

General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. anticonvulsive: Merriam-Webster
  2. anticonvulsive: Collins English Dictionary
  3. anticonvulsive: Wordnik
  4. anticonvulsive: Wiktionary
  5. Anticonvulsive, anticonvulsive: Dictionary.com
  6. Anticonvulsive: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  7. anticonvulsive: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  8. Anticonvulsive: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  9. anticonvulsive: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  10. anticonvulsive: FreeDictionary.org
  11. Anticonvulsive: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. anticonvulsive: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. anticonvulsive: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  3. anticonvulsive: Medical dictionary

(Note: See anticonvulsant as well.)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (anticonvulsive)

▸ adjective:  (pharmacology) Acting against or serving to prevent convulsions.
▸ noun:  (pharmacology) Any anticonvulsant drug.

Similar:
anticonvulsion, antiepileptic, antiseizure, antepileptic, antipsychotic, proconvulsant, subconvulsant, antiparalytic, antivertiginous, antispastic, more...

Opposite:
convulsive, proconvulsive

Types:
diazepam, lorazepam, alprazolam, clonazepam, phenytoin, carbamazepine, valproic acid, ethosuxim, more...

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Similar:
anticonvulsion, antiepileptic, antiseizure, antepileptic, antipsychotic, proconvulsant, subconvulsant, antiparalytic, antivertiginous, antispastic, more...

Opposite:
convulsive, proconvulsive

Types:
diazepam, lorazepam, alprazolam, clonazepam, phenytoin, carbamazepine, valproic acid, ethosuxim, more...



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