Opposing or counteracting a pulling or drawing force; in medicine, opposing convulsion-causing actions.
Combines 'anti-' (against) + 'convellent' (from Latin 'convellere,' meaning to pull together or tear). This rare medical term describes forces that work against spasmodic muscle contractions.
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