Definition of Nonmedical

1. Adjective. Not of a medical character; not directly involved with medicine ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Nonmedical

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nonmedical

nonmeat
nonmeaty
nonmechanical
nonmechanically
nonmechanistic
nonmechanistically
nonmechanizable
nonmechanized
nonmedia
nonmedial
nonmediastinal
nonmediated
nonmediating
nonmediator
nonmediators
nonmedical (current term)
nonmedicalized
nonmedically
nonmedicated
nonmedication
nonmedicinal
nonmedicinally
nonmedieval
nonmeditating
nonmedullary
nonmedullated
nonmedullated fibres
nonmeeting
nonmeetings
nonmelanocytic

Literary usage of Nonmedical

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Maintaining Budgetary Discipline: Spending and Revenue Options edited by Sherry Snyder (1999)
"AH of these drugs may be prescribed for specific medical reasons; nonmedical use of psychotherapeutic drugs is defined in the 1996 NHSDA as the use of any ..."

2. Anabolic Steroid Abuse by Geraline C. Lin (1996)
"Incidence of the nonmedical Use of Anabolic-Androgenic Steroids Charles E. Yesalis, William A. Anderson, William E. Buckley, and James E. Wright ..."

3. National Household Survey on Drug Abuse: Main Findings, (1993) by Wai Choy, Dean R. Gerstein, Rashna Ghadialy, Felicia Gray (1998)
"There was little change between 1992 and 1993 in the nonmedical use of psychotherapeutic drugs in the past month, past year, or lifetime.1 Approximately 11 ..."

4. National Household Survey on Drug Abuse: Population Estimates, 1992 by DIANE Publishing Company (1994)
"... no estimates reported OSED PAST MONTH Note: Any Psychotherapeutics includes nonmedical use of one or more of the following: sedatives, tranquilizers, ..."

5. The Relationship Between Family Structure & Adolescent Substance Use by Robert A. Johnson, John P. Hoffman, Dean R. Gerstein (1996)
"Illicit drugs other than marijuana include inhalants, hallucinogens, stimulants used for nonmedical reasons, cocaine, sedatives used for nonmedical reasons, ..."

6. Drug Abuse and Drug Abuse Research (1991): The Third Triennial Report to edited by MaryLouise Embrey, Christine R. Hartel (1999)
"nonmedical USE There are numerous well-documented reports of nonmedical use of ... Accurate estimates of the extent of this nonmedical use are critical to ..."

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