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HYDANTOIN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of a group of anticonvulsant drugs used in treating epilepsy
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("hydantoin" is a kind of...):
anticonvulsant; anticonvulsant drug; antiepileptic; antiepileptic drug (a drug used to treat or prevent convulsions (as in epilepsy))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hydantoin"):
Dilantin; diphenylhydantoin; phenytoin (an anticonvulsant drug (trade name Dilantin) used to treat epilepsy and that is not a sedative)
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