unmedical

English

Etymology

un- +‎ medical

Adjective

unmedical (comparative more unmedical, superlative most unmedical)

  1. Not medical.
    • Charles Dickens, Sketches by Boz
      The medical gentleman […] was observed to laugh and wink, and look as unmedical as might be; but when Mr. Leaver came back he was very solemn […]
    • 1989, Oliver Sacks, Seeing Voices: A Journey into the World of the Deaf
      The press […] failed to give the watching world an actual vision of the fullness and vividness, the unmedical life, of the deaf.
    • 1996 December 13, Cecil Adams, “THEY THOUGHT OF THE WORD FOR WHEN YOU CAN'T THINK OF THE WORD. UNFORTUNATELY, THEY ALL THOUGHT OF A DIFFERENT WORD.”, in Chicago Reader‎:
      A few years ago, you may remember, I turned up the medical term "ice cream headache," which is completely unmedical in that you don't have to consult a doctor to find out what it means.

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