nonmedicinally means in a nonmedicinal manner.
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Why “nonmedicinally” is a great word
In a manner not related to or involving the use of medicine or drugs. From nonmedicinal (from non- ("not") + medicinal ("of or relating to medicine")) + -ly (adverb-forming suffix). Unlike “therapeutically,” which implies a curative purpose, or “recreationally,” which specifies pursuit of pleasure, “nonmedicinally” is the broader term of exclusion. It describes the ceremonial ingestion of a sacred plant, the desperate tasting of a household cleaner, or the clinical administration of a compound in the name of science—acts performed in the stark space where healing is neither intent nor outcome, the body approached not as a patient but as a question.
Etymology
From nonmedicinal + -ly.
adv
- In a nonmedicinal manner.
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