noninvasive

American  

[non-in-vey-siv] / ˌnɒn ɪnˈveɪ sɪv /

adjective

Medicine/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.

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noninvasive British  

/ 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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Other Word Forms

• noninvasively adverb

Etymology

Origin of noninvasive

First recorded in 1970–75; non- + invasive

Example Sentences

Cardiologists favor this approach to stress testing to exclude coronary artery disease because it is relatively inexpensive, it is noninvasive and it yields a good deal of information about the structure of the heart.

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This noninvasive therapy uses magnetic pulses to activate targeted areas of the brain linked to mood.

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The results also strengthen the case for using the retina as a noninvasive tool to help detect and monitor Alzheimer's disease.

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This noninvasive technique was designed to coordinate the firing patterns of neurons in those areas.

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To test how well the turtles hear, researchers attached noninvasive sensors to the turtles' heads and recorded the electrical activity traveling along their auditory nerves.

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