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Word: Convulsant
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late 19th century: from French, from convulser, from Latin convuls- ‘pulled violently, wrenched’, from the verb convellere (see convulse)
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
kənˈvʌls(ə)nt
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a convulsant drug.
Short Definition:convulsant drug
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