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anticonvulsant

UK/ˌæn.tɪ.kənˈvʌl.sənt/US/ˌæn.ti.kənˈvʌl.sənt/

anticonvulsant noun: an agent that prevents, stops, or lessens convulsions.

Noun

anticonvulsant (plural anticonvulsants)

  1. An agent that prevents, stops, or lessens convulsions.

Adjective

anticonvulsant (not comparable)

  1. Acting as an anticonvulsant.

anticonvulsant meaning in Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

anticonvulsant in Tamil

வலிப்புத் தடுப்பு மருந்து, வலிப்படக்கி

anticonvulsant in Urdu

مانع تَشَنُج

anticonvulsant in Bengali

বন্ধ করে, কমায়

Forms of anticonvulsant

pluralanticonvulsants

Origin of anticonvulsant

From anti- + convulsant.

Questions about anticonvulsant

What does anticonvulsant mean?
Anticonvulsant means an agent that prevents, stops, or lessens convulsions.
What is anticonvulsant in Tamil?
Anticonvulsant in Tamil is வலிப்புத் தடுப்பு மருந்து, வலிப்படக்கி. See Anticonvulsant meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is anticonvulsant?
Anticonvulsant can be a noun or an adjective.
How do you pronounce anticonvulsant?
Anticonvulsant is pronounced /ˌæn.tɪ.kənˈvʌl.sənt/ (UK).
What is the plural of anticonvulsant?
The plural of anticonvulsant is anticonvulsants.

Words near anticonvulsant in the dictionary

  1. anticonvective
  2. anticonventional
  3. anticonventionalism
  4. anticonversion
  5. anticonvertin
  6. anticonvulsant
  7. anticonvulsants
  8. anticonvulsion
  9. anticonvulsive
  10. anticonvulsives
  11. anticooperative

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Adapted from Wiktionary: anticonvulsant (page history and authors); anticonvulsant (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); anticonvulsant (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); anticonvulsant (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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