Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. An anticonvulsant drug, C15H12N2O2, used most commonly in the treatment of epilepsy. Also called diphenylhydantoin.
Wiktionary
- n. medicine An anticonvulsant drug, 5,5-diphenylimidazolidine-2,4-dione, used in the treatment of epilepsy
WordNet 3.0
- n. an anticonvulsant drug (trade name Dilantin) used to treat epilepsy and that is not a sedative
Etymologies
- (di)pheny(lhydan)toin. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Also a drug called phenytoin, which is a seizure medication.”
“This same therapist also wrote Debra a low-dose prescription for a drug called phenytoin, found to be useful in treating antisocial personality.”
“Anti-convulsant medications, such as phenytoin, are usually prescribed if seizures occur.”
“Note: Sometimes medicines for fits (epilepsy), such as phenytoin (Dilantin), cause swelling and unhealthy growth of the gums.”
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“The next neurologist prescribed Dilantin phenytoin sodium.”
“• Certain medications used to treat seizure disorders (phenytoin, valproic acid or Depakote, and others), bipolar disorder (lithium), and other conditions—unless your caregiver closely supervises their use”
“Certain medications used to treat seizure disorders (phenytoin, valproic acid or Depakote, and others), bipolar disorder (lithium), and other conditions—unless your caregiver closely supervises their use”
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SCIE - EU nomenclature
All the scientific words found in the official EU nomenclature. For the screening I used Vocabgrabber of the Visual Thesaurus.
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IMCO - EU nomenclature
includes words of the "Prodcom list"
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