Definitions
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- adjective Not subject to
mortality ;undying ,immortal . - adjective Not
deadly ;nonfatal . - noun One who is not mortal; an immortal.
Etymologies
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non- + mortal
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Examples
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And it turned out to be this bacillus in particular is the nonmortal, so this was another flag for us that this might be anthrax.
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In a paper on nonmortal fractures of the base of the skull, Lidell 10.132 gives an account of 135 cases.
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In a paper on nonmortal fractures of the base of the skull, Lidell gives an account of 135 cases.
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On Monday, the Defense Department’s website listed a total of 47,657 “nonmortal casualties” in Iraq.
Think Progress » Pentagon tinkers with U.S. troop casualty count. 2007
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