carbamazepine

carbamazepine
/kahr'beuh maz"euh peen'/, n. Pharm.
a white to whitish toxic powder, C15H12N2O, used as an analgesic in the treatment of trigeminal neuralgia and as an anticonvulsant.
[carbam(oyl) + azepine, components of the chemical name]

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