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nonvital | x |

As an adjective nonvital

is not vital (in various senses); thus, often not essential for life.

As a letter x is

the twenty-fourth letter of the.

As a symbol x is

voiceless velar fricative.

nonvital

English

Alternative forms

*non-vital

Adjective

(-)
  • Not vital (in various senses); thus, often not essential for life
    • The eye is a nonvital organ.
  • (dentistry) Not containing living nerve tissue
  • *{{quote-journal, 1998, J.W. Myers, Demonstration of a possible source of error with an electric pulp tester, Journal of Endodontics, volume=24, issue=3 citation
    • , passage=Such an occurrence could provoke a vital response from a patient when a nonvital tooth was being tested (a "false-positive").}}

    Derived terms

    *nonvitality *nonvitally

    x

    Translingual

    {{Basic Latin character info, previous=W, next=Y, image= (wikipedia X)

    Etymology 1

    Letter

  • The twenty-fourth letter of the .
    • See also
    (Latn-script)

    Cardinal number

    (mul-number)
  • The number 10.

    • Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
  • A symbol of the IPA, representing a voiceless uvular fricative.
  • strike

    • Etymology 2

    Possibly from skull and crossbones

    Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
    • Derived terms
    * XXX

    See also

    {{Letter , page=X , NATO=X-ray , Morse=–··– , Character=X , Braille=? }} Image:Latin X.png, Capital and lowercase versions of X , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter X.png, Uppercase and lowercase X in Fraktur Roman numerals ----