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valproate

 
Dictionary: val·pro·ate   (văl-prō'āt) pronunciation

n.
An anticonvulsive drug, C8H15NaO2, given orally and by injection in the treatment of epilepsy.

[valpro(ic acid) (VAL(ERIC ACID) + PRO(PYL) + -IC) + -ATE2.]


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(văl-prō'āt)
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The sodium salt of valproic acid used orally in the treatment of epilepsy.

 
 

 

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