valproic acid

1. 1.

   anticonvulsant (trade name Depokene) used to prevent some kinds of seizures

   SynonymsDepokene

   Broaderanticonvulsant

   trade name

Questions about valproic acid

What does valproic acid mean?

valproic acid means "anticonvulsant (trade name Depokene) used to prevent some kinds of seizures".

What is another word for valproic acid?

Close synonyms include Depokene. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is valproic acid a common word?

valproic acid is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.