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Answer for the clue "An anticonvulsant drug (trade name Dilantin) used to treat epilepsy and that is not a sedative ", 9 letters:
phenytoin

Word definitions for phenytoin in dictionaries

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context medicine English) An anticonvulsant drug, ''5,5-diphenylimidazolidine-2,4-dione'', used in the treatment of epilepsy

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Phenytoin , sold under the brand name Dilantin among others, is an anti-seizure medication . It is useful for the prevention of tonic-clonic seizures , partial seizures , but not absence seizures . The intravenous form is used for status epilepticus that ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. an anticonvulsant drug (trade name Dilantin) used to treat epilepsy and that is not a sedative [syn: diphenylhydantoin , Dilantin ]

Usage examples of phenytoin.

Greenville will have some phenytoin to spare or the manufacturer can replace it.

Kane had agreed to replace the phenytoin, though, and McCoy had made arrangements for Lynn to pick it up this afternoon.

Audie needed the phenytoin, and Lynn had gladly stepped up to get it for him.