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nonvital

nonvital adjective: not vital (in various senses); thus, often not essential for life.

Adjective

nonvital (not comparable)

  1. Not vital (in various senses); thus, often not essential for life
    • The eye is a nonvital organ.
  2. Not containing living nerve tissue
    • Such an occurrence could provoke a vital response from a patient when a nonvital tooth was being tested (a "false-positive").1998, J.W. Myers, “Demonstration of a possible source of error with an electric pulp tester”, in Journal of Endodontics, volume 24, number 3

Origin of nonvital

From non- + vital.

Words formed from nonvital

  • nonvitality
  • nonvitally

Questions about nonvital

What does nonvital mean?
Nonvital means not vital (in various senses); thus, often not essential for life.
What part of speech is nonvital?
Nonvital is an adjective.

Words near nonvital in the dictionary

  1. nonvisitors
  2. nonvisual
  3. nonvisualization
  4. nonvisualized
  5. nonvisually
  6. nonvital
  7. nonvitamin
  8. nonvitamins
  9. nonvitrectomized
  10. nonvitreous
  11. nonvitrifiable

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