nonmedical

adjective

non·​med·​i·​cal ˌnän-ˈme-di-kəl How to pronounce nonmedical (audio)
: not involving, relating to, used in, or concerned with medical care or the field of medicine : not medical
nonmedical hospital personnel
a nonmedical term
nonmedical use of marijuana

Examples of nonmedical in a Sentence

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An alternative use case for AI chatbots is to use them to help patients and providers access nonmedical information, such as finding out a facility’s operating hours and reviewing internal policies (which is something my team uses AI for), respectively. Pritma Dhillon-Chattha, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025 Most also allow exemptions for religious or other nonmedical reasons. Collin Binkley, Chicago Tribune, 14 Feb. 2025 Lingering vaccine hesitancy from the pandemic is prompting more parents to opt out of common childhood shots, often with nonmedical religious exemptions. Adriel Bettelheim, Axios, 14 Feb. 2025 In the 2011–2012 school year, 1.2 percent of American kindergarteners nationwide had a nonmedical exemption from vaccines required for school, but that number has been rising. Tara Haelle, Scientific American, 30 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for nonmedical

Word History

First Known Use

1834, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of nonmedical was in 1834

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“Nonmedical.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nonmedical. Accessed 5 Mar. 2025.

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