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Definition of Nonhuman
1. Adjective. Not human; not belonging to or produced by or appropriate to human beings. "Nonhuman primates such as chimpanzees"
Similar to: Anthropoid, Anthropoidal, Apelike, Bloodless, Dehumanised, Dehumanized, Unhuman, Inhuman
Antonyms: Human
Definition of Nonhuman
1. Adjective. Not human. Not of the human race. ¹
2. Noun. A creature or thing that is not human. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Nonhuman
1. one that is not a human [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nonhuman
Literary usage of Nonhuman
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Mammalian Models for Research on Aging by Bennett J. Cohen, Institute Of Laboratory Animal Resources, National Research Council Staff (1981)
"Table 24 presents the results of a l979 census of aged nonhuman primates in US
... Several features of the population of aged nonhuman primates are clear ..."
2. Guidelines for the Humane Transportation of Research Animals by National Research Council (U. S.) (2006)
"Therefore, the majority of nonhuman primate resources in the United States must be
... Currently, few foreign airlines will consistently transport nonhuman ..."
3. Immortality, a Study of Belief, and Earlier Addresses by William Newton Clarke (1920)
"This question is raised, as we have seen today, by the searching and honest study
of the nonhuman world upon scientific methods. For religion the question ..."
4. Review of the Department of Defense Research Program on Low-Level Exposures by Best, Committee on Toxicology, NetLibrary, Inc, National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences (2005)
"According to DOD, the use of nonhuman primates will permit more ... Conducting
accurate range-finding studies in the nonhuman primate model will be more ..."
5. Ending the War Metaphor: The Changing Agenda for Unraveling the Host-Microbe by Forum on Microbial Threats, Institute of Medicine (U.S.) (2006)
"(2001) looked at the nature of the nonhuman hosts of zoonotic pathogens and
for (re-)emerging zoonotic pathogens (noting that many zoonotic pathogens have ..."
6. Directory of Federal Laboratory and Technology Resources: A Guide to (1993)
"The laboratory maintains a nonhuman primate serum bank and provides epidemiologie
services to assist in control strategies for simian retrovirus infections ..."
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