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  • adjective Not infective.

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non- +‎ infective

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Examples

  • And a candidate for marriage may, and often does, want to know whether, besides being noninfective, he or she is capable of begetting or having children.

    Woman Her Sex and Love Life William J. Robinson

  • "A well-marked case of pseudo-leprosy or ichthyosis, a scalelike affection of the skin, unsightly, obstinate, but possibly curable, and certainly noninfective.

    The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1927

  • "A well-marked case of pseudo-leprosy or ichthyosis, a scale - like affection of the skin, unsightly, obstinate, but possibly curable, and certainly noninfective.

    The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1927

  • "A well-marked case of pseudo-leprosy or ichthyosis, a scale - like affection of the skin, unsightly, obstinate, but possibly curable, and certainly noninfective.

    The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1927

  • "A well-marked case of pseudo-leprosy or ichthyosis, a scale - like affection of the skin, unsightly, obstinate, but possibly curable, and certainly noninfective.

    The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1927

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