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phenytoin

[ fen-i-toh-in, fuh-nit-oh- ]

noun

, Pharmacology.
  1. a barbiturate-related substance, C 1 5 H 1 2 N 2 O 2 , used as an anticonvulsant in the treatment of grand mal epilepsy and in focal seizures.


phenytoin

/ ˌfɛnɪˈtəʊɪn /

noun

  1. an anticonvulsant drug used in the management of epilepsy and in the treatment of abnormal heart rhythms. Formula: C 15 H 11 N 2 O 2 Na Also calleddiphenylhydantoin sodium
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of phenytoin1

1940–45; (di)pheny(lhydan)toin, its full chemical name; di- 1, phenyl, hydantoin
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Word History and Origins

Origin of phenytoin1

C20: from ( di ) pheny ( lhydan ) toin
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Example Sentences

Dr. Anwar and his team first treated the microbes with diazepam, phenobarbitone and phenytoin, three anti-seizure drugs already approved by the Food and Drug Administration.

Typically, generic drugs cost a fraction of the branded version because there tend to be several competing suppliers, but in this case, no other company made phenytoin sodium.

Chief executive David Fakes said punishing Flynn for selling phenytoin capsules for less than phenytoin tablets "beggars belief".

From Reuters

But the policy led clinicians to forego prescribing carbamazepine at all and instead they began to prescribe phenytoin.

From Nature

And other teams are pursuing different avenues, with a group at University College London studying a drug called phenytoin, which has already been used to treat epilepsy for 60 years.

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