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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So families often pay out of pocket for additional hospital fees and nonmedical services. Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 May 2025 The budget of the National Science Foundation, which supports nonmedical academic research in the United States, was supposed to double by 2027. L. Rafael Reif, Foreign Affairs, 6 May 2025 Mississippi and West Virginia didn’t allow exemptions for nonmedical reasons and saw higher vaccination rates. Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 14 Jan. 2025 Insurance Coverage and Costs Medicare usually does not cover long-term, in-home custodial care (nonmedical assistance for people needing help with ADLs) for dementia. Christopher Bergland, Verywell Health, 25 Apr. 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 29 May. 2025.

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