A: Gabapentin is in a drug class called anticonvulsants. Gabapentin is used in people who have epilepsy to control certain types of seizures. Additionally, gabapentin is used to treat pain from postherpetic neuralgia, which includes pains and aches that last for months to years after being inflicted with shingles.
Definition of repose. 1  1a : a state of resting after exertion or strain; especially : rest in sleepb : eternal or heavenly rest pray for the repose of a soul. 2  2a : a place of restb : peace, tranquility the repose of the bayousc : a harmony in the arrangement of parts and colors that is restful to the eye. 3a : lack of activity : quiescenceb : cessation or absence of activity, movement, or animation the face in repose is grave and thoughtful.
Unless the original sense is repose, thence extended secondarily to distance between two resting place.. The meaning support, thing upon which something rests is attested from 1580s. At rest dead is from mid-14c., on the notion of last rest.. Rest stop is from 1973. Colloquial expression to give (something) a rest to stop talking about it is first recorded 1927, American English.