unmedicated
adjective
un·med·i·cat·ed
ˌən-ˈme-də-ˌkā-təd 
: not medicated : not treated with or involving the use of medication
unmedicated patients
unmedicated childbirth
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Surveillance video released by the Dinwiddie County Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office showed Henrico deputies manhandling a lethargic and unmedicated Otieno in his jail cell.
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Bill Atkinson, USA TODAY, 30 Mar. 2023
Last week, Azvudine reported that 40% of people that took the pill improved their COVID symptoms within seven days of taking the drug while, in the control group of unmedicated patients, just 10% of COVID symptoms improved, according to the Genuine Biotech's report.
—Grady McGregor, Fortune, 26 July 2022
Pain tolerance amongst these people was the same as that in the unmedicated control group.
—Douglas Main, Discover Magazine, 7 Oct. 2011
Benedetti first established average pain tolerance in unmedicated study participants.
—Douglas Main, Discover Magazine, 7 Oct. 2011
Birth centers are typically staffed by midwives, focused on unmedicated births and regular reproductive care in comfortable non-hospital settings, without physicians, medication, or even much technology.
—Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 2 Dec. 2022
Riley’s birth, at over 40 weeks, was intense—natural and unmedicated.
—As Told To Natasha Pearlman, Glamour, 29 Sep. 2022
One of the things that proponents of unmedicated childbirth like to remind you is that childbirth is a natural process.
—Susanna Wolff, The New Yorker, 12 July 2021
After giving birth to her first child through Caesarean delivery, Hardman had been preparing herself for an unmedicated birth with her second child for three years.
—Sudiksha Kochi, USA TODAY, 23 June 2021
Bill Atkinson, USA TODAY, 30 Mar. 2023
Last week, Azvudine reported that 40% of people that took the pill improved their COVID symptoms within seven days of taking the drug while, in the control group of unmedicated patients, just 10% of COVID symptoms improved, according to the Genuine Biotech's report.
—Grady McGregor, Fortune, 26 July 2022
Pain tolerance amongst these people was the same as that in the unmedicated control group.
—Douglas Main, Discover Magazine, 7 Oct. 2011
Benedetti first established average pain tolerance in unmedicated study participants.
—Douglas Main, Discover Magazine, 7 Oct. 2011
Birth centers are typically staffed by midwives, focused on unmedicated births and regular reproductive care in comfortable non-hospital settings, without physicians, medication, or even much technology.
—Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 2 Dec. 2022
Riley’s birth, at over 40 weeks, was intense—natural and unmedicated.
—As Told To Natasha Pearlman, Glamour, 29 Sep. 2022
One of the things that proponents of unmedicated childbirth like to remind you is that childbirth is a natural process.
—Susanna Wolff, The New Yorker, 12 July 2021
After giving birth to her first child through Caesarean delivery, Hardman had been preparing herself for an unmedicated birth with her second child for three years.
—Sudiksha Kochi, USA TODAY, 23 June 2021
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“Unmedicated.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unmedicated. Accessed 26 Apr. 2024.
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