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单词 antiepileptic
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antiepilepticadj.n.

Brit. /ˌantɪɛpᵻˈlɛptɪk/, U.S. /ˌæn(t)iˌɛpəˈlɛptɪk/
Forms:

α. 1600s–1700s antepileptick, 1700s–1800s antepileptic.

β. 1600s–1700s antiepileptick, 1600s– antiepileptic.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on Latin lexical items. Etymons: anti- prefix, epileptic adj.
Etymology: < anti- prefix + epileptic adj. In use as adjective after post-classical Latin antepilepticus (1595 or earlier). In use as noun after post-classical Latin antepileptica, plural (1618 or earlier). Compare earlier antiepileptical adj.
Medicine.
A. adj.
Used to treat epilepsy (= anti-convulsant adj.); of or relating to the treatment of epilepsy.
ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > sedatives, antispasmodics, etc. > [adjective] > antispasmodic or anticonvulsant
antiepileptical1633
antiepileptic1655
anticonvulsive1696
spasmodic1728
antispasmodic1764
spasmolytic1937
anti-convulsant1946
muscle relaxant1951
1655 N. Culpeper et al. tr. L. Rivière Pract. Physick i. ix. 36 Such [Medicines] as are those which were prescribed for the Cure of the Epilepsy; namely, Antepileptick Waters [L. aquæ antepilepticæ], a Balsom to anoint the Nostrils, Temples, and Crown of the head, [etc.].
1678 J. P. tr. J. Johnstone Descr. Nature Four-footed Beasts 105/2 The dung [of the Scincus, or Land-Crocodile] is antiepileptick.
1730 Dr. Allen's Synopsis Medicinæ I. iii. 140 In this Case a Vomit is convenient, stomatick and antepileptick Medicines, &c.
1758 R. Pultney in Philos. Trans. 1757 (Royal Soc.) 50 73 Giving alexipharmics and anti-epileptic medicines.
1823 J. Cooke Treat. Nerv. Dis. II. ii. v. 229 Certain eminent persons, in modern times, speak not unfavourably of anti-epileptic nostrums.
1883 H. N. Heineman & H. W. Berg tr. H. Nothnagel & M. J. Rossbach Treat. Materia Medica I. 153 Cuprammonium..is one of the oldest of the metallic anti-epileptic remedies, having been used even by Paracelsus and Helmont.
1907 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 28 Sept. 804/1 All three cases [of periodic dementia] benefited greatly from antiepileptic treatment.
1998 D. Hecht Skull Session i. xiii. 90 On the assumption that Mark had some undetectable activity, they'd given him antiepileptic clonazepam, but it had little effect on the symptoms.
2008 Sci. Amer. (U.K. ed.) Aug. 42/2 Recent research on the mechanism of these antihypertensive, antiepileptic and antidepressant drugs has demonstrated that one of their effects is to inhibit cortical spreading depression.
B. n.
A medicinal agent used to treat epilepsy; = anti-convulsant n.
ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > sedatives, antispasmodics, etc. > [noun] > antispasmodic or anticonvulsant
antiepileptic1657
antispasmodic1681
spasmodics1704
anticonvellent1876
spasmolytic1937
anti-convulsant1943
anticonvulsive-
1657 N. Culpeper & W. Rowland tr. J. Johnstone Idea Pract. Physick viii. 35/2 Let the brain be corroberated and strengthened by cephalicks and Antepilepticks [L. Antepilepticis].
1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. The chief Antepileptics from the vegetable kingdom are, the roots of pæony, valerian, etc.
1809 Edinb. Med. & Surg. Jrnl. 5 315 Epilepsia. Much laboured attention has been devoted to this severe disease; antiepileptics abound.
1908 Virginia Med. Semi-Monthly 22 May 84/2 Without enumerating the drugs which have held a reputation as anti-epileptics, I will say that the most valuable of the so-called specific drugs are the bromides.
2005 G. Critser Generation Rx ii. 149 He noticed more and more students, especially those from the United States, taking what was known as ‘the California cocktail: Neurontin (the anti-epileptic prescribed off label for, among other things, bipolar disorder), Wellbutrin (an antidepressant from Glaxo), and Ritalin’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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