NONFATAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does nonfatal mean? 

• NONFATAL (adjective)
  The adjective NONFATAL has 1 sense:

1. not bringing death

  Familiarity information: NONFATAL used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NONFATAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Not bringing death

Context example:

nonfatal heart attack

Similar:

nonlethal (not capable of causing death)

Antonym:

fatal (bringing death)

 Context examples 

Includes patients with unstable angina or Non-STEMI who have high risk features for short-term risk of death or nonfatal MI.

(Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for High Risk Non-ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction or Unstable Angina, NCI Thesaurus/ACC)

They found that the rates for major cardiovascular events—including coronary heart disease, nonfatal heart attacks, and fatal and nonfatal ischemic stroke—were similar in the aspirin and the placebo groups.

(Daily low-dose aspirin found to have no effect on healthy life span in older people, National Institutes of Health)

The group didn’t find any associations between omega-3s and nonfatal heart attacks.

(Omega-3s linked with lower risk of fatal heart attacks, NIH)