non-elective
adjective
(alsononelective)uk/ˌnɒn.iˈlek.tɪv/us/ˌnɑːn.iˈlek.tɪv/non-electiveadjective(NOT VOTED FOR)
notvotedfor in anelection:
Thecentralgovernmentorganwas non-responsible and non-elective.
Thehighestnonelectivepositionsin the US are those of the president'scabinet.
Elections
- absentee
- absentee ballot
- absentee vote
- absentee voter
- absentee voting
- entrance poll
- exit poll
- first-past-the-post
- flip
- franchise
- proportional representation
- proxy
- proxy vote
- proxy voter
- proxy voting
- voting
- voting booth
- voting machine
- voting slip
- whistle-stop
non-electiveadjective(NOT CHOSEN)
medicalspecialized
(of amedicaltreatment) ugentlyneededand notchosenby apatient, orrelatingto such atreatment:
non-electivesurgery
Thebabywasdeliveredby nonelectivecaesareansectionbecause offoetaldistress.
A highnumberofpatientswereoperatedon under non-electiveconditions.
If something is non-elective, you have to do it or it has tohappen. :
There should be non-electivelecturesinnutritionfor alltraineedoctors.
Employers arerequiredto make a nonelectivecontributionto theplan.
Synonyms
compulsory
mandatory
Medical treatment: surgery
- a nip and tuckidiom
- ablate
- adrenalectomy
- amputation
- amputee
- anaesthesiology
- anaesthetize
- excise
- implantable
- implantation
- incision
- interoperative
- intraoperative
- knife
- sex reassignment surgery
- snip
- splenectomy
- spreader
- stereotactic
- transfusion
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