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noninvasive Definition

non·inva·sive (nän′in vā′siv)

adjective

  1. not entering the skin or a body cavity: said of therapeutic or diagnostic procedures, as ultrasound
  2. not spreading to surrounding or to other tissue: said of certain tumors

  • noninvolvement
  • noniodized
  • nonionized
  • non-Irish
noninvasive Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • technique: Interference color vital imaging - a novel noninvasive technique.
  • method: Hart DL, Rose SJ: Reliability of a noninvasive method for measuring the lumbar curve.
  • ventilation: Noninvasive Ventilation during Persistent Weaning Failure: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
  • imaging: In time, she added, they may also be able to tag molecules to allow noninvasive visual imaging.
  • monitoring: Use of optical techniques for the real-time noninvasive monitoring of water quality Wastes management.
  • test: Researchers have long hoped to develop a noninvasive test that can be used instead of biopsy, she added.

Modifying Another Word

  • relatively: Researchers have already devised relatively noninvasive means of extracting such brain cells from patients.