// Plays an animation only if we are not playing it already.
    function OnMouseEnter() {
        if (!animation.IsPlaying("mouseOverEffect"))
            animation.Play("mouseOverEffect");
    }

using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;

public class example : MonoBehaviour {
    void OnMouseEnter() {
        if (!animation.IsPlaying("mouseOverEffect"))
            animation.Play("mouseOverEffect");
        
    }
}

import UnityEngine
import System.Collections

class example(MonoBehaviour):

    def OnMouseEnter():
        if not animation.IsPlaying('mouseOverEffect'):
            animation.Play('mouseOverEffect')