NON-NATURALS, noun In medicine, things which, by the abuse of them, become the causes of disease, as meat, drink, sleep, rest, motion, the passions, retentions, excretions, etc.
Functions or accidents not strictly belonging to man.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.