Definition
A substance, drug, or agent that causes convulsions or muscle spasms in the body.
Etymology
From Latin convulsus (past participle of convellere, to pull together violently) plus the suffix -ant (from Latin -ens, meaning 'causing' or 'producing'), indicating something that causes the action.
Kelly Says
Convulsants are used in medical research to study seizures and epilepsy—scientists intentionally create seizures to understand how the brain works and develop better treatments!
Translations
AMአማርኛ
እንደ ስለ ነው
en-de se-le ne-w
ARالعربية
مُصاب بالصرع
mu-saab bil-sra'a
BNবাংলা
অ্যাগ্রেসিভ
ag-re-siv
CACatalà
convulsiu
kon-vül-si-u
CSČeština
epileptický
e-pi-lep-ti-cky
DEDeutsch
Krampfanfall
kramp-fan-fall
ELΕλληνικά
επιληπτικός
e-pi-le-p-ti-kos
ESEspañol
convulsivo
kon-vül-si-vo
FAفارسی
تشنج آور
te-shanj-a-var
FISuomi
järskeväinen
jaers-ke-va-inen
FRFrançais
convulsif
kɔ̃vʌl.si.f
GUGU
ક્રાંતિકારી
kra-an-ti-kaar-ee
HEעברית
מתקתק
me-ta-ke-tik
HUMagyar
görcsös
goer-choes
IDBahasa Indonesia
yang mudah kejang
yang mudah ke-jang
ITItaliano
convulsivante
kon-vül-see-van-te
KO한국어
경련성
gyeong-lyeonn-seong
MRMR
शक्तिशाली
shak-ti-sha-lee
MSBahasa Melayu
jangkitan
jan-git-tan
NLNederlands
convulsiv
kon-vül-siv
PLPolski
padający na drgawki
pa-da-y-chi na dr-gaw-ki
PTPortuguês
convulsivo
kon-vül-si-vo
RORomână
convulsiv
kon-vül-siv
RUРусский
судорожный
su-do-rozh-nyy
SVSvenska
krampanfall
kramp-an-fall
SWKiswahili
mwenye uwezo wa kuhama
mwen-ye u-we-zo wa ku-ha-ma
THไทย
มีอาการชัก
mee a-gan chak
TLTL
may madaling mag-seizure
may madaling mag-seiz-ure
UKУкраїнська
судомний
su-dom-nyy
URاردو
convulsive
kon-vulse-iv
VITiếng Việt
có khả năng co giật
co kha nang co giat