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