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An anticonvulsant drug, C₁₅H₁₂N₂O₂, used most commonly in the treatment of epilepsy. Also called diphenylhydantoin.

[(di)pheny(lhydan)toin.]

phenytoin [ˌfɛnɪˈtəʊɪn]

(Medicine / Pharmacology) an anticonvulsant drug used in the management of epilepsy and in the treatment of abnormal heart rhythms. Formula: C₁₅H₁₁N₂O₂Na Also called diphenylhydantoin sodium

[from (di)pheny(lhydan)toin]

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phenytoin - an anticonvulsant drug (trade name Dilantin) used to treat epilepsy and that is not a sedative

Dilantin, diphenylhydantoin

hydantoin - any of a group of anticonvulsant drugs used in treating epilepsy

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