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nontherapeutical

nontherapeutical is the alternative form of nontherapeutic.

Meaning of nontherapeutic

Adjective

nontherapeutic (not comparable)

  1. Not therapeutic
  2. Unrelated to medical treatment
    • But the notorious British heroin "epidemic" was nothing next to the entirely bootleg U. S. epidemic that occurred at the same time; in 1967 the Home Office counted 1,290 "nontherapeutic" addicts.1988 November 18, Eric Scigliano, “How to Win the War on Drugs”, in Chicago Reader

Origin of nontherapeutical

From non- + therapeutical.

Questions about nontherapeutical

What is nontherapeutical the alternative form of?
Nontherapeutical is the alternative form of nontherapeutic.

Words near nontherapeutical in the dictionary

  1. nontheory
  2. nontheosophical
  3. nontherapeutic
  4. nontherapeutic abortion
  5. nontherapeutic abortions
  6. nontherapeutical
  7. nontherapy
  8. nonthermal
  9. nonthermalized
  10. nonthermally
  11. nonthermionic

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