nonailing

English

Etymology

From non- +‎ ailing.

Adjective

nonailing (not comparable)

1. Not ailing.
   • 1962, Fred V. Hein, Perspectives on Living: Readings for College Health Courses, page 58:

     Possibly the most curious of all human afflictions is that which does not afflict its victims, but victimizes the nonafflicted: the ailment whose sufferers are only the nonailing; the complaint of which only non-patients complain and are impatient.

   • 1972, Milton Irwin Roemer, Health Insurance Effects, page 37:

     Moreover, within the nonailing families, the doctor's care index across the three plan- types is quite similar, while in the families with chronic illness it is substantially higher within the provider plans than in the other two types.

   • 2004, Robert J. Wilensky, Military Medicine to Win Hearts and Minds, page 96:

     Health services for the "nonailing" majority tended to be neglected.