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ANTICONVULSANTS

"ANTICONVULSANTS" is a plural of: anticonvulsant.


Specialty Definition: ANTICONVULSANTS

DomainDefinition

Health

Drugs used to prevent seizures or reduce their severity. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: ANTICONVULSANTS

English words defined with "ANTICONVULSANTS": mephenytoin, Mesantoin. (references)
Specialty definitions using "ANTICONVULSANTS": Anti-Anxiety Agents, Anti-Anxiety Agents, BenzodiazepineBarbiturates. (references)

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Non-Fiction Usage: ANTICONVULSANTS

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Currently, treatment for SSPE is limited to anticonvulsants and supportive measures. (references)

Different classes that may be tried include analgesics, antiemetics, anticonvulsants, beta-blockers, and sedatives. (references)

Other treatments for post-herpetic neuralgia include steroids, antidepressants, anticonvulsants, and topical agents. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: ANTICONVULSANTS

"ANTICONVULSANTS" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "ANTICONVULSANTS" is used about 3 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (plural)100%3202,518

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: ANTICONVULSANTS

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

anticonvulsants

25
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: ANTICONVULSANTS

Language Translations for "ANTICONVULSANTS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

antiepileptika (antiepileptic), anticonvulsiva (anticonvulsant), epilepsimidler (anticonvulsives). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

anti-epileptica (anticonvulsives), anticonvulsiva (anticonvulsives). (various references)

   

French

  

médicaments anticonvulsifs (anticonvulsives). (various references)

   

German

  

Antikonvulsiva (anticonvulsives), Antiepileptika (anticonvulsives), Antepileptika (anticonvulsives). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

αντισπασμωδικά (anticonvulsives), αντιεπιληπτικά (anticonvulsives). (various references)

   

Italian

  

anticonvulsivi (anticonvulsives), anticonvulsivanti (anticonvulsives). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

anticonvulsantsay

   

Portuguese

  

medicamentos anticonvulsivos (anticonvulsives). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

anticonvulsivos (anticonvulsives). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: ANTICONVULSANTS

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-c-i-l-n-n-n-o-s-s-t-t-u-v"

-1 letter: anticonvulsant.

-4 letters: annulations, constantans, consultants, continuants, convulsants, lovastatins, salutations.

-5 letters: actuations, annuitants, annulation, atonalists, causations, constantan, consultant, continuant, convulsant, inconstant, inoculants, lactations, lovastatin, nutational, saltations, salutation, salvations, santolinas, valuations.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Quotations: Non-fiction
4. Usage Frequency
5. Expressions: Internet
6. Translations: Modern
7. Anagrams
8. Bibliography


  

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