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non-life-threatening

non-life-threatening adjective: not endangering the continued life of the subject.

Adjective

non-life-threatening (not comparable)

  1. Not endangering the continued life of the subject.
    • The vast majority of our patients are people who want transportation to the hospital for non-life-threatening problems.2005, Bryan E. Bledsoe, Robert S. Porter, Richard A. Cherry, Paramedic Care: Patient assessment

Origin of non-life-threatening

From non- + life-threatening.

Questions about non-life-threatening

What does non-life-threatening mean?
Non-life-threatening means not endangering the continued life of the subject.
What part of speech is non-life-threatening?
Non-life-threatening is an adjective.

Words near non-life-threatening in the dictionary

  1. non-lexical
  2. non-libidoist
  3. non-libidoists
  4. non-licentious
  5. non-life
  6. non-life-threatening
  7. non-limphoid
  8. non-linear
  9. non-linear text
  10. non-linear texts
  11. non-linguist

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