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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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Kennedy’s largest focus of late has been on noninfectious diseases such as diabetes and cancer and their risk factors such as obesity.

From Science Magazine ● Nov. 14, 2024

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

However, in general practice a classification on an etiological basis is probably more practical and we shall consider inflammation of bursae and thecae as infectious and noninfectious.

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

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