non-infectious
Adjective
Meaning
non-infectious (not comparable)
Alternative form of noninfectious
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About one third of women in Azerbaijan have excess weight and suffer from obesity, an investigation into factors behind non-infectious diseases shows, the Center for Public Health and Reforms of the Health Ministry said.
Havana's Cira García Central Clinic offers personalized health services for patients whose lifestyles are affected by symptoms associated with chronic non-infectious diseases, which shorten and reduce the quality of their lives.
In the case of a potable water supply, water is treated to minimize the risk of infectious disease transmission, the risk of non-infectious illness, and to create a palatable water flavor.
Many non-infectious diseases have a partly or completely genetic basis (see genetic disorder ) and may thus be transmitted from one generation to another.
This involves using a non-infectious virus to shuttle a gene into a part of the retina.