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NONPROGRESSIVE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does nonprogressive mean?
• NONPROGRESSIVE (adjective)
The adjective NONPROGRESSIVE has 1 sense:
1. old-fashioned and out of date
Familiarity information: NONPROGRESSIVE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Old-fashioned and out of date
Synonyms:
fusty; nonprogressive; standpat; unprogressive
Similar:
conservative (resistant to change, particularly in relation to politics or religion)
Context examples
A heterogeneous group of nonprogressive motor disorders caused by chronic brain injuries that originate in the prenatal period, perinatal period, or first few years of life.
(Cerebral Palsy, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
An Epstein-Barr negative disorder with a nonprogressive clinical course affecting predominantly adults and characterised by the proliferation of large granular lymphocytes with natural killer cell immunophenotype.
(Chronic Lymphoproliferative Disorder of NK-Cells, NCI Thesaurus)
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