See Also: blunt(2)(dictionary)
Blunt(medicine)
blunt-end DNA(medicine)
blunt(1)(dictionary)
blunt-end(medicine)
blunt 1, adjective(dictionary)
blunt 2, verb(dictionary)
karnal blunt(medicine)
blunt-ended DNA(medicine)
Blunt, Anthony(dictionary)

Anticonvulsant (health) and blunt-end (medicine)


Anticonvulsant (health)


A medication used to control (prevent) seizures (convulsions) or stop an ongoing series of seizures. There are a large number of anticonvulsant drugs today including, but not limited to: phenobarbital, phenytoin (Dilantin), carbamazepine, ethosuximide (Zarontin), clonazepam (Klonopin), diazepam (Valium), lorazepam (Ativan), and midazolam (Versed). Anticonvulsant drugs taken during Pregnancy put the baby at risk of major birth defects -- growth retardation, microcephaly (a small head) and deformities of the face and fingers -- a condition known as anticonvulsant embryopathy.





blunt-end (medicine)


blunt-end
Refers to double-stranded DNA in which there are no unpaired bases at the end.