adjective
- not capable of causing infection; not infectious
Usage: medical
Examples
- The doctor confirmed that the patient’s condition was noninfective.
- Noninfective diseases cannot be transmitted from person to person.
- The laboratory identified the bacteria as noninfective strains.
- Cancer is typically a noninfective disease.
- The wound appeared to be noninfective after proper treatment.
- Researchers studied both infective and noninfective variants of the virus.