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Definition of Anticonvulsives
1. anticonvulsive [n] - See also: anticonvulsive
Lexicographical Neighbors of Anticonvulsives
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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