noninvasive

Definition of Noninvasive in English :

1. noninvasive

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

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Noninvasive

adjective

(of medical treatment) not involving the making of a relatively large incision in the body or the insertion of instruments, etc, into the patient

adjective Medicine

1.

not entering the skin or a body cavity

said of therapeutic or diagnostic procedures, as ultrasound

2.

not spreading to surrounding or to other tissue

said of certain tumors

adj.

1. Not penetrating the body, as by incision or injection: noninvasive surgery.

2. Not invading healthy tissue: noninvasive cancer of the bladder.