"nonvital" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From non- + vital.",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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          "text": "The eye is a nonvital organ.",
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        "Not vital (in various senses); thus, often not essential for life"
      ],
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          "ref": "1998, J.W. Myers, “Demonstration of a possible source of error with an electric pulp tester”, in Journal of Endodontics, volume 24, number 3:",
          "text": "Such an occurrence could provoke a vital response from a patient when a nonvital tooth was being tested (a \"false-positive\").",
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        "Not containing living nerve tissue"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dentistry) Not containing living nerve tissue"
      ],
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        "not-comparable"
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        "medicine",
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  "etymology_text": "From non- + vital.",
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        "Not vital (in various senses); thus, often not essential for life"
      ],
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          "ref": "1998, J.W. Myers, “Demonstration of a possible source of error with an electric pulp tester”, in Journal of Endodontics, volume 24, number 3:",
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