convulsant

con vul sant |kənˈvəlsənt kənˈvəlsənt | ▶adjective (chiefly of drugs ) producing sudden and involuntary muscle contractions. ▶noun a convulsant drug. ORIGIN late 19th cent.: from French, from convulser, from Latin convuls- ‘pulled violently, wrenched, ’ from the verb convellere (see convulse ).

convulsant

con |vul ¦sant |kənˈvʌls (ə )nt | ▶adjective (chiefly of drugs ) producing sudden and involuntary muscle contractions. ▶noun a convulsant drug. ORIGIN late 19th cent.: from French, from convulser, from Latin convuls- ‘pulled violently, wrenched ’, from the verb convellere (see convulse ).