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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Not penetrating the body, as by incision or injection.
  • adjective Not invading healthy tissue.

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  • adjective Not invasive.
  • adjective medicine Of a surgical or other medical procedure, not requiring an incision.

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  • adjective relating to a technique that does not involve puncturing the skin or entering a body cavity

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Examples

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  • Her publications include an essay in noninvasive mechanical ventilation, edited by John R. Bach, M.D., and contributions to the monthly newsletter at St. Cloud Regional Medical Center in Florida.

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  • It has to be noninvasive, meaning you're not going to get poked.

    CNN Transcript May 7, 2003 2003

  • The Marines are practicing a kind of noninvasive surgery -- providing structure and security, but cultivating community institutions that must continue to stand after America leaves.

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  • The Marines are practicing a kind of noninvasive surgery -- providing structure and security, but cultivating community institutions that must continue to stand after America leaves.

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  • The Marines are practicing a kind of noninvasive surgery -- providing structure and security, but cultivating community institutions that must continue to stand after America leaves.

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  • A growth area, the number of home ventilator-dependent patients has risen in the 1980s and 1990s -- a result of increased survival rates of critically ill patients and technological advances, such as noninvasive ventilation, which can prolong and improve quality of life. 1

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  • Perino's claims that such "noninvasive" methods aren't torture are of no more validity than similar claims made by Torquemada, Pol Pot and others through the centuries. wiley Says:

    Think Progress 2009

  • "noninvasive" and was done at the command of a superior officer, Alfred's attorney told Yuba County jurors Wednesday.

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  • This technique is noninvasive, and requires no physical contact with the patient.

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