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felbamate

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • General-American: /ˈfɛl.bəˌmeɪt/

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noun

Meaning 1

An anticonvulsant drug C11H14N2O4 that is used to treat severe epilepsy or epilepsy that is unresponsive to other drugs.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: medicine, pharmacology, sciences

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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bheh2-der. Proto-Hellenic *pháňňō Ancient Greek φαίνω (phaínō)der. French phéno- Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.? Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. French -yle French phénylebor. English phe(ny)l English -bamate English felbamate From phe(ny)l + -bamate (“tranquilizer”).