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noncontagious

American  
[nahn-kuhn-tay-juhs] / ˌnɑn kənˈteɪ dʒəs /

adjective

  1. not contagious.


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In May, the World Health Organization added chronic kidney disease to its list of health priorities aimed at reducing early deaths from noncontagious diseases by one-third before 2030.

From Science Daily Nov. 18, 2025

“I strongly support increasing the attention that we pay to chronic and noncontagious diseases as well, but it is not a zero sum game.”

From Salon Feb. 21, 2025

The tougher one is, how about in the context of a noncontagious disease?

From Slate Nov. 18, 2021

Bardack writes that it is a mild, noncontagious form of the bacterial infection.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 14, 2016

It is apparently noncontagious and not appreciably connected with any disorder of internal organs.

From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Charles B. Michener

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