Non-invasive
[non-in-vey-siv] /ˌnɒn ɪnˈveɪ sɪv/
adjective, Medicine/Medical.
1.
not invading adjacent healthy cells, blood vessels, or tissues; localized:
a noninvasive tumor.
2.
not entering or penetrating the body or disturbing body tissue, especially in a diagnostic procedure.
/ˌnɒnɪnˈveɪsɪv/
adjective
1.
(of medical treatment) not involving the making of a relatively large incision in the body or the insertion of instruments, etc, into the patient
adj.
also noninvasive, by 1850, from non- + invasive.
noninvasive non·in·va·sive (nŏn’ĭn-vā’sĭv)
adj.
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