nonfatal
Definition
- Adjective:
- Not causing death; not resulting in a fatality: Describes an event, injury, or illness that, while potentially serious, does not lead to the death of the person or organism involved.
Usage
- The adjective nonfatal is used to qualify nouns related to negative events, typically medical conditions, accidents, or attacks, to specify that they did not have a lethal outcome.
- It is often used in medical, legal, and news reporting contexts to distinguish between outcomes.
- It typically precedes the noun it modifies (e.g., , ).
Examples
- The patient survived a nonfatal overdose.
- Statistics show a rise in nonfatal workplace accidents this quarter.
- She was the victim of a nonfatal shooting.
- The study focused on the long-term effects of nonfatal strokes.
Advanced Usage
- In Epidemiological Contexts: Used to categorize health events for statistical analysis, often contrasted with "fatal."
- The report separates fatal and nonfatal cases of the disease.
- In Legal/Insurance Contexts: Used to describe the severity of incidents.
- The policy covers both fatal and nonfatal critical illnesses.
Variants and Related Words
- Fatality (n): An occurrence of death caused by an accident, disaster, or illness.
- The crash resulted in multiple fatalities.
- Fatal (adj): Causing death.
- He suffered a fatal heart attack. (This is the direct antonym of nonfatal).
Synonyms
- Non-lethal: Not sufficient to cause death.
- Survivable: Capable of being survived. (Note: This emphasizes the potential for survival rather than the fact that death did not occur.)
Antonyms
- Fatal: Resulting in death.
- Lethal: Sufficient to cause death.
- Deadly: Likely to cause death.
Adjective
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not bringing death
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nonfatal heart attack
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