ethosuximide

[eth-oh-suhk-suh-mahyd]

noun

Pharmacology.

1. an anticonvulsant, C 7 H 11 NO 2 , used in medicine to treat certain kinds of epilepsy, especially petit mal.

Word History and Origins

Origin of ethosuximide¹

eth(yl) + -o- + suximide, which is apparently a shortening of succinimide ( succin(ic) + imide )

Example Sentences

A third treatment, valproic acid, worked nearly as well as ethosuximide, but interfered with concentration.

Read more on Reuters

After four months of therapy, 58 percent of the children getting valproic acid and 53 percent of those getting ethosuximide were free of seizures, compared to just 29 percent given lamotrigine.

Read more on Reuters

So the winner is ethosuximide, Dr. Eileen Vining of the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore said in a commentary.

Read more on Reuters