nonback

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English

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Etymology

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From non- +‎ back.

Adjective

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nonback (not comparable)

  1. (phonetics) Not back; not produced at the back of the mouth.
    • 1982, John J McCarthy, Formal problems in semitic phonology and morphology:
      Therefore these facts are doubly anomalous, since they have not only gemination after a nonback vowel but also after a vowel that is stressed.
  2. (medicine) Not of or pertaining to the back (rear side of the body).
    • 1973, Lawrence W Friedmann, Lawrence Galton, Freedom From Backaches:
      As we have noted, back pain may stem from many nonback conditions, including peptic ulcer, prostate disease, kidney disease, retroverted uterus...

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