noncontagious
adjective
(alsonon-contagious)uk/ˌnɒn.kənˈteɪ.dʒəs/us/ˌnɑːn.kənˈteɪ.dʒəs/A non-contagiousdiseasecannotpassfrom onepersonoranimalto another:
a noncontagiousdisease/infection/condition
Valleyfeveris a noncontagiouslungdiseasecausedbysoilfungus.
If apersonoranimalis noncontagious, they cannotpassadiseaseto anotherpersonoranimal:
Patients who are given thedrugquicklybecomenon-contagious.
- Psoriasis is a noncontagiouscommonskinconditionthatcausesred,drypatchesofthickenedskin.
- Affectedpassengerswereaskedtostayintheirstateroomsuntil thevirusbecamenon-contagious.
- Could thehospitalcopewith asuddeninfluxofpatientsinfectedwith noncontagiousdiseasesuch asanthrax?
- Healthofficialssay that shecontracteda noncontagiousstrainofbacterialmeningitis.
- Patients withsuspectedTB arerequiredtoremainisolateduntil they arefoundto be noncontagious.
- The noncontagiousstudentswhotestedpositivemay have had alatentinfection.
Passing on illness & causing disease
- aerosolize
- catching
- community transmission
- contact tracer
- contact tracing
- disseminator
- epidemic
- harbour
- infected
- insalubrious
- noncarrier
- pass on
- percent positive
- pestilential
- positivity rate
- transmit
- transmittable
- unhygienic
- verminous
- virally
Opposite
contagious