anti-seizure

adjective

an·​ti-sei·​zure ˌan-tē-ˈsē-zhər How to pronounce anti-seizure (audio)
ˌan-tī-
variants or antiseizure
: preventing or counteracting seizures
An F.D.A. advisory committee on nervous system drugs has recommended approving three new antiseizure compounds for epilepsy, and the agency so far has approved one of them …— The New York Times

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Her anti-seizure medication costs $30 a pill, and Urbaez Urbina, the eldest of her four children, was not making enough as a delivery driver in recent years. — Claire Healy, Miami Herald, 26 Feb. 2025 In the film, the dynamic is different; the anti-seizure drugs that Breillat emphasized to me are never mentioned. — Victoria Uren, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025

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1962, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of anti-seizure was in 1962

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anti-seizure

adjective
an·​ti-sei·​zure
variants or antiseizure
-ˈsē-zhər How to pronounce anti-seizure (audio)
: preventing or counteracting seizures
anti-seizure drugs
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