nontherapeutic

English

Etymology

From non- +‎ therapeutic.

Adjective

nontherapeutic (not comparable)

1. Not therapeutic
2. Unrelated to medical treatment
   • 1988 November 18, Eric Scigliano, “How to Win the War on Drugs”, in Chicago Reader‎^[1]:

     But the notorious British heroin "epidemic" was nothing next to the entirely bootleg U. S. epidemic that occurred at the same time; in 1967 the Home Office counted 1,290 "nontherapeutic" addicts.

Derived terms

• nontherapeutic abortion