Recent Examples on the WebThe only thing that helps is an anti-convulsant drug, but with Sri Lanka’s financial crisis hitting medical imports, Miru’s father, Upul Chandana, has struggled to find the medicine anywhere. Rukshana Rizwie, CNN, 15 Apr. 2022 Poultices of opium and honey, botox, anti-convulsant drugs, antidepressants, beta blockers — drugs whose efficacy was not intended but stumbled upon. Katy Schneider, The Cut, 22 May 2018
Word History
First Known Use
1875, in the meaning defined above
Medical Definition
convulsant 1 of 2
adjective
con·vul·sant kən-ˈvəl-sənt
: causing convulsions : convulsivesense 1
convulsant
2 of 2
noun
: an agent and especially a drug that produces convulsions