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non-A, non-B hepatitis
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non compos mentis
non com·pos men·tis [ non kòmpəss méntiss ]


adjective 
Definition:
 
of legally incompetent mind: in law, not mentally competent to understand what is happening and to make important decisions
[< Latin, "not having control of (your) mind"]
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