non-life-threatening
Not fatally serious
Non-life-threatening describes injuries, conditions, or situations that pose no serious risk of death.
Medical reports and news accounts use it to reassure: The victim was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
The term acknowledges harm while signaling it falls short of mortal danger.
Not harmful or threatening
- minorScale with lowered third
- treatableCapable of being cured
- stableSecure and unchanging
- manageableAble to be controlled
superficial · localized · operable · curable · non-critical · recoverable · outpatient · mild
Not urgently important
- stableSecure and unchanging
- ambulatoryAble to walk
- triagedSorted by medical urgency
- low-priorityLacking immediate importance
walk-in · minor · non-urgent · delayed · routine · outpatient · discharge · observation
Able to be controlled
- survivableCapable of being outlasted
- recoverableAble to be regained
- treatableCapable of being cured
- temporaryLimited in duration
minor · harmless · safe · okay · controllable · fixable · curable · hopeful
benign
Not harmful or threatening
manageable · superficial · localized · operable · curable · non-critical · recoverable · outpatient · mild · non-urgent
non-critical
Not urgently important
- stableSecure and unchanging
- ambulatoryAble to walk
- triagedSorted by medical urgency
low-priority · walk-in · minor · non-urgent · delayed · routine · outpatient · discharge · observation · conscious
manageable
Able to be controlled
- survivableCapable of being outlasted
- recoverableAble to be regained
- treatableCapable of being cured
temporary · minor · harmless · safe · okay · controllable · fixable · curable · hopeful · optimistic
threatening, threaten, threat, threats, threatens, threatened, threateningly, living, lifelong