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nonextraction

nonextraction noun: lack of extraction; failure to extract something.

Noun

nonextraction (uncountable)

  1. Lack of extraction; failure to extract something.
    • [O]rthodontic treatments for malocclusion can be classified as extraction treatments and nonextraction treatments.2011, Silvano Naretto, Principles in Contemporary Orthodontics, page 476

Origin of nonextraction

From non- + extraction.

Questions about nonextraction

What does nonextraction mean?
Nonextraction means lack of extraction; failure to extract something.
What part of speech is nonextraction?
Nonextraction is a noun.

Words near nonextraction in the dictionary

  1. nonextinction
  2. nonextortion
  3. nonextortive
  4. nonextractable
  5. nonextracted
  6. nonextraction
  7. nonextractive
  8. nonextraditable
  9. nonextradition
  10. nonextraneous
  11. nonextrapolated

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