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non-invasive, a.|nɒnɪnˈveɪsɪv| [f. non- 3 + invasive a.] 1. Path. Of a cell or organism: not characterized by invasiveness.
1968Johns Hopkins Med. Jrnl. CXXII. 271/1 The indirect, non-invasive effects of malignant tumors upon the peripheral and central nervous system. 1988Internat. Jrnl. Cancer XLI. 725/1 The in vivo growth of the non-invasive, non-metastatic BW 5147 lymphosarcoma results in the reproducible generation of stable invasive and metastatic BW variants. 1989Serodiagnosis & Immunotherapy III. 337 Lymphocytosis-promoting factor (LPF) is the exotoxin responsible for many of the disease symptoms produced by this non-invasive organism. 2. Med. Of a diagnostic or therapeutic procedure: not involving the disruption of body tissues.
1969[implied in *non-invasively below]. 1971Biomed. Sci. Instrumentation VIII. 61/1 Automatic non-invasive measurement of arterial blood pressure has proved to be a..difficult procedure. 1982Listener 16 Dec. 15/3 There is also strong evidence to indicate..that traditional non-invasive methods of monitoring are in fact superior. 1987Oxf. Textbk. Med. (ed. 2) II. xviii. 92/1 The non-invasive dissolution of stones in the kidney..by focussed shock waves..is another major therapeutic advance. 1990Physiotherapy LXXVI. 804/1 Thermography is a completely non-invasive and safe diagnostic technique. Hence (in sense *2) non-inˈvasively adv.
1969Proc. 8th Internat. Conf. Med. & Biol. Engin. i. 8/1 A family of ultrasonic instruments is being developed to make these measurements non-invasively. 1980Sci. Amer. Aug. 75/1 (Advt.), With the introduction of the HP 47210 CO2 monitor.., the physician can get stable, repeatable, continuous CO2 measurements noninvasively. 1989Lancet 13 May 1048/1 Pulse oximeters allow arterial oxygen saturation to be continuously measured non-invasively. |