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Definition: Phenytoin |
PhenytoinNoun1. An anticonvulsant drug (trade name Dilantin) used to treat epilepsy and that is not a sedative. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Health | An anticonvulsant that is used in a wide variety of seizures. It is also an anti-arrhythmic and a muscle relaxant. The mechanism of therapeutic action is not clear, although several cellular actions have been described including effects on ion channels, active transport, and general membrane stabilization. The mechanism of its muscle relaxant effect appears to involve a reduction in the sensitivity of muscle spindles to stretch. Phenytoin has been proposed for several other therapeutic uses, but its use has been limited by its many adverse effects and interactions with other drugs. (references) |
Medicine | A drug that is often used to control seizures. Source: European Union. (references) |
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Synonym: PhenytoinSynonym: diphenylhydantoin (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Phenytoin |
| Specialty definitions using "phenytoin": Phenytoin Sodium, Extended, Phenytoin Sodium, Prompt. (references) |
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Health | Quinine or phenytoin may decrease cramps. (references) | |
Baclofen, phenytoin, clonidine, or tizanidine may provide additional benefit. (references) | ||
Treatment for trigeminal neuralgia typically includes anticonvulsant medications such as carbamazepine or phenytoin. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Phenytoin" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Phenytoin" is used about 4 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 Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 4 | 175,879 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
phenytoin | 89 |
phenytoin sodium | 8 |
effects phenytoin side | 3 |
phenytoin release time | 2 |
liver phenytoin | 2 |
phenytoin sod | 2 |
dilantin and phenytoin | 2 |
phenytoin toxicity | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "phenytoin"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | phenytoin, fenytoin, dilantin (Dilantin, diphenylhydantoin). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | phenytoinum, fenytoine, fenytoïne, dilantine (Dilantin, diphenylhydantoin). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | fenytoiini, Dilantin (Dilantin, diphenylhydantoin). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | phénytoïne, dilantin. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Phenytoin, Dilantin (Dilantin, diphenylhydantoin). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | διλαντίνη (Dilantin, diphenylhydantoin). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | fenitoina, dilantin (Dilantin, diphenylhydantoin). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | enytoinphay fenitoina. (various references) fenitoina, fenitoína, Dilantin (Dilantin, diphenylhydantoin). (various references) fenytoin. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "phenytoin": phenytoins. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-h-i-n-n-o-p-t-y" | |
-2 letters: pontine. | |
-3 letters: ethion, intone, ninety, ophite, phoney, phyton, pinyon, pointe, pointy, ponent, python, tenpin, typhon. | |
-4 letters: hinny, honey, inept, netop, ninth, niton, nonet, opine, penni, penny, peony, phone, phony, piety, piney, pinny, pinon, pinot, pinto, pithy, piton, point, tenon, tepoy, thein, thine, tinny, toney, tonne, tophe, tophi. | |
-5 letters: hent, hint, hone, hope, hype, hypo. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-h-i-n-n-o-p-t-y" | |
+1 letter: phenytoins. | |
+2 letters: hyphenation, hypotension. | |
+3 letters: hypertension, hyphenations, hypotensions, hypoxanthine. | |
+4 letters: hyperfunction, hypertensions, hypoxanthines, rehypnotizing. | |
+5 letters: hyperextension, hyperfunctions, hyperinflation, phthalocyanine. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 68 65 6E 79 74 6F 69 6E |
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