Definition of Anticonvulsives

1. Noun. (plural of anticonvulsive) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Anticonvulsives

1. anticonvulsive [n] - See also: anticonvulsive

Lexicographical Neighbors of Anticonvulsives

anticonsumerist
anticonsumerists
anticonsumers
anticontagion
anticontagionist
anticontagionists
anticontagious
anticontra
anticontraception
anticontraceptive
anticontrol
anticonvulsant
anticonvulsant drug
anticonvulsants
anticonvulsive
anticonvulsives (current term)
anticopying
anticopyright
anticor
anticore
anticorporate
anticorporation
anticorrelate
anticorrelated
anticorrelates
anticorrelation
anticorrelations
anticorrosion
anticorrosive
anticorrosives

Literary usage of Anticonvulsives

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. On the action of medicines in the system by Frederick William Headland (1868)
"We may attack the supposed cause in the blood by employing one of the mineral anticonvulsives, or we may simply apply our remedies to the nervous system, ..."

2. The British and Foreign Medico-chirurgical Review, Or, Quarterly Journal of (1853)
"... efficacy in syphilis; silver and copper rank among anticonvulsives, yet many doubt altogether their utility in epilepsy and other spasmodic affections. ..."

3. The Treatment of Diseases of the Nervous System: A Manual for Practitioners by Joseph Collins (1900)
"At this time a number of anticonvulsives which are not sufficient to cope with the spasm ... Drugs that have repute as antispasmodics or anticonvulsives, ..."

4. Pronouncing medical lexicon: Containing the Correct Pronunciation and by Charles Harley Cleaveland (1871)
"... An-ti-bróm-ikj a destroyer of offensive tor the cure of diseases of the joints. [arm. odors. anticonvulsives ..."

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