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noninfectious

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[nahn-in-fek-shuhs] / ˌnɑnˌɪnˈfɛk ʃəs /

adjective

  1. not infectious; not caused by or causing infection.


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Researchers modified these virus nanoparticles, rendering them noninfectious to crops by removing their RNA.

From Science Daily • Sep. 21, 2023

Vaccination is based on the knowledge that exposure to noninfectious antigens, derived from known pathogens, generates a mild primary immune response.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

In 2016 he and his colleagues developed a lab test linking common respiratory symptoms to viral, bacterial or noninfectious origins.

From Scientific American • Aug. 31, 2021

Trials have shown that nearly everyone vaccinated with that noninfectious VLP develops high levels of HPV-neutralizing antibodies.

From Science Magazine • Apr. 18, 2019

The noninfectious inflammation of bursae and thecae usually result from contusions or strains and generally run their course without becoming infective in character, where vitality and resistance of the subject are normal.

From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by Lacroix, John Victor

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