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Definition of Nonvital
1. Adjective. Not vital (qualifier in various senses); thus, often not essential for life ¹
2. Adjective. (dentistry) Not containing living nerve tissue ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Nonvital
1. not vital [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nonvital
Literary usage of Nonvital
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Forest Tree Diseases Common in California and Nevada: A Manual for Field Use by United States Forest Service, Emilio Pepe Michael Meinecke (1914)
"ATTACK ON VITAL AND nonvital PARTS OF THE TREE. The fungi which attack forest
trees may be divided roughly into two groups—those which cause disease or ..."
2. The Revenge of the Melians: Asymmetric Threats and the Next QDR by Kenneth F. McKenzie, Jr. (2001)
"When a weak adversary has a vital interest that conflicts with the nonvital
interest of a strong state, the former has the greatest incentive to use ..."
3. Transactions of the American Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (1911)
"The incision is made through nonvital parts or structures. ... shock associated
with a small incision through nonvital structures; there is no hemorrhage. ..."
4. Collected Papers by the Staff of Saint Mary's Hospital, Mayo Clinic by Saint Marys Hospital (Rochester, Minn.) (1922)
"nonvital. There is also the sharp distinction between the emergency and the
nonemergency operation. The so-called acute abdomen permits no delay, ..."
5. Qdr 2001: Strategy-Driven Choices for America's Security by Michele A. Flournoy (2001)
"Limiting SSC Commitments Creating a top line for the level of commitment to
nonvital SSCs would set a predictable requirement for military planners to meet. ..."
6. The American State Reports: Containing the Cases of General Value and by Abraham Clark Freeman (1911)
"Hilliard, 101 Ind. 310, in which the errors in the mortgage were held nonvital,
the court emphasized the rule that "to enable the court to enforce the ..."
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