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nonmedical

nonmedical adjective: not of a medical character; not directly involved with medicine.

Adjective

nonmedical (not comparable)

  1. Not of a medical character; not directly involved with medicine.
    • nonmedical use of pharmaceuticals
    • All U.S. states allow exemptions for children with medical conditions that prevent them from getting certain vaccines. Most also allow exemptions for religious or other nonmedical reasons.2025 February 14, Collin Binkley, “Trump calls for withholding federal money from schools and colleges that require COVID vaccines”, in Associated Press

Origin of nonmedical

From non- + medical.

Words formed from nonmedical

Questions about nonmedical

What does nonmedical mean?
Nonmedical means not of a medical character; not directly involved with medicine.
What part of speech is nonmedical?
Nonmedical is an adjective.

Words near nonmedical in the dictionary

  1. nonmediastinal
  2. nonmediated
  3. nonmediating
  4. nonmediator
  5. nonmediators
  6. nonmedical
  7. nonmedicalized
  8. nonmedically
  9. nonmedicated
  10. nonmedication
  11. nonmedications

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