Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An anticonvulsant drug, C15H12N2O2, used also in the form of its sodium salt to treat epilepsy.
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- noun medicine An
anticonvulsant drug , 5,5-diphenylimidazolidine-2,4-dione, used in the treatment ofepilepsy
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- noun an anticonvulsant drug (trade name Dilantin) used to treat epilepsy and that is not a sedative
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Also a drug called phenytoin, which is a seizure medication.
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This same therapist also wrote Debra a low-dose prescription for a drug called phenytoin, found to be useful in treating antisocial personality.
Black Pain Terrie M. Williams 2008
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This same therapist also wrote Debra a low-dose prescription for a drug called phenytoin, found to be useful in treating antisocial personality.
Black Pain Terrie M. Williams 2008
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This same therapist also wrote Debra a low-dose prescription for a drug called phenytoin, found to be useful in treating antisocial personality.
Black Pain Terrie M. Williams 2008
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This same therapist also wrote Debra a low-dose prescription for a drug called phenytoin, found to be useful in treating antisocial personality.
Black Pain Terrie M. Williams 2008
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Anti-convulsant medications, such as phenytoin, are usually prescribed if seizures occur.
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Note: Sometimes medicines for fits (epilepsy), such as phenytoin (Dilantin), cause swelling and unhealthy growth of the gums.
Chapter 24 1993
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Carbamazepine (CBZ) is a synthetic iminostilbene derivative that is chemically and structurally related to the tricyclic antidepressants and spatially related to phenytoin.
Carbamazepine 2010
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Those include certain corticosteroids such as prednisone (Sterapred DS and generic); the weight-loss medication orlistat (Alli and Xenical); the cholesterol-lowering drug cholestyramine (Questran and generic); and the antiseizure drug phenytoin (Dilantin and generic).
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The next neurologist prescribed Dilantin phenytoin sodium.
Knowing Jesse Marianne Leone 2010
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