Associations to the word «Phenytoin»

Wiktionary

PHENYTOIN, noun. (medicine) An anticonvulsant drug, 5,5-diphenylimidazolidine-2,4-dione, used in the treatment of epilepsy

Dictionary definition

PHENYTOIN, noun. An anticonvulsant drug (trade name Dilantin) used to treat epilepsy and that is not a sedative.

Wise words

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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.