vigabatrin
/vaɪˈɡæb.ə.tɹɪn/noun
vigabatrin is a noun meaning “An anticonvulsant drug C₆H₁₁NO₂ that inhibits enzymatic degradation of gamma-aminobutyric acid” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled V-I-G-A-B-A-T-R-I-N and has 4 syllables, and it appears about once in every 95 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does vigabatrin mean?
noun
- 1
An anticonvulsant drug C₆H₁₁NO₂ that inhibits enzymatic degradation of gamma-aminobutyric acid.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce vigabatrin?
- US /vaɪˈɡæb.ə.tɹɪn/
Vigabatrin has 4 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is vigabatrin?
Vigabatrin appears about once in every 95 million words in written English, the 313,259th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does vigabatrin come from?
Probably from vi(nyl) + GABA + tr(ansaminase) + in(hibitor).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).