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nonpharmaceutical

nonpharmaceutical

6.5
Not involving drugs used to treat or prevent health problems
  • adjective
  • /nɒnˌfɑːrməˈsuːtɪkəl/
  • Specialized
translation icon : no farmacéutico
  • Nonpharmaceutical interventions should not be the only measures used during a pandemic.
  • nonpharmaceutical interventions

Examples

  • In the early weeks of the pandemic, the US Department of Health and Human Services distributed 11 million courses of federally held SNS antiviral drugs to states (24) and issued a series of guidelines for implementing antiviral drug and nonpharmaceutical interventions.

    Academic text (2015)

  • In a first-of-its-kind look at the efficacy of nonpharmaceutical interventions in controlling the spread of the flu virus in a community setting, researchers at the University of Michigan School of Public Health (UMSPH) studied more than 1,000 student subjects from seven UM residence halls during a recent flu season.

    Academic text (2009)

  • However, because development and deployment of effective vaccines for a new influenza virus may take several months (12), antiviral drugs and nonpharmaceutical interventions are particularly critical for early pandemic control.

    Academic text (2015)

  • However, because development and deployment of effective vaccines for a new influenza virus may take several months, antiviral drugs and nonpharmaceutical interventions are particularly critical for early pandemic control.

  • In a first-of-its-kind look at the efficacy of nonpharmaceutical interventions in controlling the spread of the flu virus in a community setting, researchers at the University of Michigan School of Public Health studied more than 1,000 student subjects from seven UM residence halls during a recent flu season.

Synonyms

unmedicated
vsnonpharmaceutical
2 4.6

It has no medicine added or given

is about items not officially classed or regulated for medical use
nondrug
vsnonpharmaceutical
  • Specialized
3.5

A method that does not use medicine, for example exercise or counseling

is about interventions not officially classed or regulated for medical use
drugless
vsnonpharmaceutical
6.0

A treatment that does not use medicine

is about interventions not officially classed or regulated for medical use

Antonyms

pharmaceutical
  • Specialized
102 5.5

About making, selling, or using medicines

Surface Forms

nonpharmaceutical positive

Morphology

nonpharmaceutical = pharmaceutical (transparent) = non + pharmaceutical

Meaning is the simple negation of 'pharmaceutical' by the productive prefix 'non-', so a learner who knows 'pharmaceutical' can deduce the meaning.

Etymology

Nonpharmaceutical breaks into non- meaning 'not' and pharmaceutical meaning related to 'drugs' or 'medicine', as in the word 'pharmacy'. So a nonpharmaceutical treatment is one that is 'not using drugs'.