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nonphysic

nonphysic adjective: not physic.

Adjective

nonphysic (not comparable)

  1. Not physic.
    • Francis Shepherd, a contemporary and later colleague of Osler's at McGill, remembered Dr William Fraser's nonphysic, nonsurgical approach to emptying one of the hospital beds:2002, Michael Bliss, William Osler: A Life in Medicine, Page 61

Origin of nonphysic

From non- + physic.

Questions about nonphysic

What does nonphysic mean?
Nonphysic means not physic.
What part of speech is nonphysic?
Nonphysic is an adjective.

Words near nonphysic in the dictionary

  1. nonphototrophic
  2. nonphotovoltaic
  3. nonphrasal
  4. nonphreatic
  5. nonphylogenetic
  6. nonphysic
  7. nonphysical
  8. nonphysicality
  9. nonphysically
  10. nonphysicalness
  11. nonphysician

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