Definition of "non-terminal" [non-terminal]

• Not terminal (adjective)
• A non-terminal symbol in a formal grammar. (noun)

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• "Philadelphia has long been one of the great cities for American poets to live in, and now that Temple has transformed from a non-terminal MA to a terminal MFA, it's suddenly worth a second look."
• "It would be a gross violation of the Hippocratic Oath to do the “harm” of surgery on 99 non-terminal men in the hope of saving the life of the hundredth."
• "If death is the solution for a terminal patient, why not for a non-terminal patient?"