exclude product cat term
$tax_query = array( 'relation' => 'AND', array( 'taxonomy' => 'product_cat', 'terms' => 'medical-gear-supply', 'field' => 'slug', 'operator' => 'NOT IN', 'include_children' => true, ), );
$tax_query = array( 'relation' => 'AND', array( 'taxonomy' => 'product_cat', 'terms' => 'medical-gear-supply', 'field' => 'slug', 'operator' => 'NOT IN', 'include_children' => true, ), );