never event

noun

Meaning

A particularly shocking medical error that should never occur.

Etymology / origin

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Related words

unpreventable(English)nonevent(English)nonfatality(English)unhappening(English)nonaccident(English)non-event(English)non-error(English)nonfatal(English)

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