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Phenytoin

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phenytoin /phen·y·to·in/ (fen´i-toin?) an anticonvulsant used in the control of various kinds of epilepsy and of seizures associated with neurosurgery.
phen·y·to·in (fn-tn, f-nt-)
n.
An anticonvulsant drug chemically related to the barbiturates and used most commonly in the treatment of epilepsy.

Phenytoin (Dilantin)
Anti-convulsive medication used to treat seizure disorders.

phenytoin
an anticonvulsant used as the sodium salt. Occasionally used in the treatment of tonic-clonic and psychomotor seizures; also used for the control of cardiac arrhythmias, especially those caused by digitalis intoxication. Formerly called diphenylhydantoin.

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