nonchewer

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

non- +‎ chewer

Noun[edit]

nonchewer (plural nonchewers)

  1. One who does not chew (some specified substance, such as tobacco).
    • 2015 August 16, Abdulrahman Al-Alimi et al., “Qat Chewing and Periodontal Pathogens in Health and Disease: Further Evidence for a Prebiotic-Like Effect”, in BioMed Research International[1], volume 2015, →DOI:
      Regardless of statistical significance, the qat chewers with healthy periodontium harbored lower relative counts of all tested taxa compared to the nonchewers in the same group.