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nonalimentary

nonalimentary adjective: not alimentary; unrelated to food, nutrition, and digestion.

Adjective

nonalimentary (not comparable)

  1. Not alimentary; unrelated to food, nutrition, and digestion.
    • The radiation therapist benefits from a working knowledge of the nonalimentary organs of the abdomen and pelvis.2015, Charles M. Washington, Dennis T. Leaver, Principles and Practice of Radiation Therapy, page 418
    • In the final analysis they all are a result of the action of a stonger excitation from another, nonalimentary reaction on the cortical representation of salivary secretion, although the conditions for the onset of these other reactions may differ in their most diverse details.2016, Peter K. Anokhin, Samuel A. Corson, Biology and Neurophysiology of the Conditioned Reflex and its Role in Adaptive Behavior, page 417

Origin of nonalimentary

From non- + alimentary.

Questions about nonalimentary

What does nonalimentary mean?
Nonalimentary means not alimentary; unrelated to food, nutrition, and digestion.
What part of speech is nonalimentary?
Nonalimentary is an adjective.

Words near nonalimentary in the dictionary

  1. nonaligned
  2. nonaligning
  3. nonalignment
  4. nonalignments
  5. nonalike
  6. nonalimentary
  7. nonalimony
  8. nonalingual
  9. nonaliphatic
  10. nonalive
  11. nonalkalic

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