noninvasive

See also: non-invasive

English

Alternative forms

• non-invasive

Etymology

From non- +‎ invasive.

Adjective

noninvasive (not comparable)

1. Not invasive.
2. (medicine) Of a surgical or other medical procedure, not requiring an incision.
   • 2023 January 24, Amy Synnott, “Those Weight Loss Drugs May Do a Number on Your Face”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN, archived from the original on 24 January 2023:

     While noninvasive procedures like Fraxel can improve skin texture and wrinkles, Dr. Frank said that fillers are the only noninvasive way to restore volume (cost: $5,000 to $10,000).

Derived terms

• noninvasively
• noninvasiveness
• noninvasivity

Translations

of a surgical or other medical procedure, not requiring an incision

• Finnish: kajoamaton, noninvasiivinen
• Polish: bezinwazyjny
• Russian: неинвазивный (ru) (neinvazivnyj)