noninvasive

[ non-in-vey-siv ]

adjectiveMedicine/Medical.
  1. not invading adjacent healthy cells, blood vessels, or tissues; localized: a noninvasive tumor.

  2. not entering or penetrating the body or disturbing body tissue, especially in a diagnostic procedure.

Origin of noninvasive

1
First recorded in 1970–75; non- + invasive

Other words from noninvasive

  • non·in·va·sive·ly, adverb

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British Dictionary definitions for noninvasive

noninvasive

/ (ˌnɒnɪnˈveɪsɪv) /


adjective
  1. (of medical treatment) not involving the making of a relatively large incision in the body or the insertion of instruments, etc, into the patient

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