noninvasive

Definition / meaning of noninvasive

In medicine, it describes a procedure that does not require inserting an instrument through the skin or into a body opening. In cancer, it describes disease that has not spread outside the tissue in which it began.

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The Web site of the National Cancer Institute (http://www.cancer.gov/)

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