Definitions

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  • adjective Not suicide, or not pertaining to suicide.
  • noun A person whose death was not a suicide.

Etymologies

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non- +‎ suicide

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Examples

  • In May researchers at McGill University reported that the gene responsible for creating cells 'protein-building machinery is more frequently methylated in the hippocampus-the brain region responsible for short-term memory and spatial navigation-of depressed suicide victims who suffered child abuse than in the brains of nonsuicide victims who were not abused.

    Scientific American 2009

  • In May researchers at McGill University reported that the gene responsible for creating cells 'protein-building machinery is more frequently methylated in the hippocampus-the brain region responsible for short-term memory and spatial navigation-of depressed suicide victims who suffered child abuse than in the brains of nonsuicide victims who were not abused.

    Scientific American 2009

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