non-infectiveadj.
/ˌnɒnɪnˈfɛktɪv/, U.S. /ˌnɑnᵻnˈfɛktɪv/ Medicine.
= non-infectious adj.
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uninfectious1744
uncontagious1822
non-contagious1825
non-infectious1850
non-infective1875
1875 S. Smith in Hospital Plans (Johns Hopkins Hosp.) 288 Chronic non-infective diseases.
1898 Proc. Royal Soc. 64 104 Complete drying also renders blood non-infective.
1918 Nomencl. Dis. (ed. 5) 68 Diseases of the Larynx... Œdema (non-infective).
1949 H. W. C. Vines Green's Man. Pathol. (ed. 17) ix. 198 Agents which cause fever..may be loosely arranged in non-infective and infective groups.
1971 Brit. Med. Bull. 27 9/1 It may have a predominantly non-infective allergic origin.
1991 Lancet 2 Mar. 521/2 Other recognised pathogens were not always sought nor were non-infective causes of symptoms always excluded.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1875