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GABAPENTIN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An anticonvulsant (trade name Neurontin) used to control some types of seizures in the treatment of epilepsy; also used to manage neuralgia caused by shingles
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Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("gabapentin" is a kind of...):
anticonvulsant; anticonvulsant drug; antiepileptic; antiepileptic drug (a drug used to treat or prevent convulsions (as in epilepsy))