Anticonvulsant vs Antiepileptic - What's the difference?
anticonvulsant | antiepileptic | Hypernyms |
(pharmacology) Acting as an anticonvulsant.
(pharmacy) Acting to prevent epilepic seizures
(medicine) A drug which acts to prevent epileptic seizures
Antiepileptic is a hypernym of anticonvulsant.
As nouns the difference between anticonvulsant and antiepileptic
is that anticonvulsant is an agent that prevents, stops, or lessens convulsions while antiepileptic is a drug which acts to prevent epileptic seizures.As adjectives the difference between anticonvulsant and antiepileptic
is that anticonvulsant is acting as an anticonvulsant while antiepileptic is acting to prevent epilepic seizures.anticonvulsant
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Hyponyms
* See alsoAdjective
(-)antiepileptic
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Adjective
(-)- This drug has an antiepileptic effect.
Hypernyms
* anticonvulsantDerived terms
* antiepilepticallyNoun
(en noun)- He was prescribed a course of antiepileptics .