nonemergency
adjective
non·emer·gen·cy
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Definition of nonemergency
: not of, relating to, or constituting an emergency
nonemergency medical care a nonemergency situation
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The network of city departments, including the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing and the Department of Public Health, handles nonemergency homelessness complaints and street behavioral issues. — Dominic Fracassa, SFChronicle.com, "BART’s Civic Center station gets needle kiosk as part of cleanup push," 20 June 2018 Some would be deployed to the city’s Healthy Streets Operations Center, an initiative involving several city departments working to address nonemergency homelessness complaints. — Dominic Fracassa, San Francisco Chronicle, "SF mayor proposes hiring hundreds of new police officers," 15 May 2018 The network of city departments, including the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing and the Department of Public Health, handles nonemergency homelessness complaints and street behavioral issues. — Dominic Fracassa, SFChronicle.com, "BART’s Civic Center station gets needle kiosk as part of cleanup push," 20 June 2018 Some would be deployed to the city’s Healthy Streets Operations Center, an initiative involving several city departments working to address nonemergency homelessness complaints. — Dominic Fracassa, San Francisco Chronicle, "SF mayor proposes hiring hundreds of new police officers," 15 May 2018 Unlike Premera's plan, there is no specific list of procedures, but general areas are orthopedic, nonemergency heart conditions and planned major surgeries. — Laurel Andrews, Alaska Dispatch News, "Alaskans seek relief from high health care costs with medical tourism," 8 Nov. 2015These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'nonemergency.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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nonemergency
adjective
non·emer·gen·cy
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Medical Definition of nonemergency
: not being or requiring emergency care
nonemergency surgery nonemergency patients