noncommunicable
Cannot be spread
Noncommunicable describes diseases that cannot be transmitted from one person to another.
Heart disease, cancer, diabetes, and chronic respiratory conditions are noncommunicable—they arise from genetic, lifestyle, or environmental factors rather than infection.
Noncommunicable diseases account for most deaths worldwide.
The term contrasts with communicable or infectious diseases.
Metabolic disorder affecting glucose
- cancerUncontrolled cell proliferation disease
- cardiovascularOf heart and blood vessels
- hypertensionChronic elevated arterial pressure
- strokeSudden brain blood blockage
COPD · asthma · arthritis · osteoporosis · Alzheimer's · dementia · obesity · autoimmune
Care for an ailment
- managementOrganizing and directing resources
- diagnosisIdentification of illness
- medicationTherapeutic substance for illness
- therapyCurative mental treatment
rehabilitation · patient · caregiver · clinic · hospital · physician · specialist · long-term care
Personal living pattern
- screeningEvaluative selection process
- wellnessOverall state of health
- dietCustomary food consumption
- exerciseActivity for fitness
sedentary · tobacco · alcohol · risk factors · early detection · awareness · education · intervention
diabetes
Metabolic disorder affecting glucose
- cancerUncontrolled cell proliferation disease
- cardiovascularOf heart and blood vessels
- hypertensionChronic elevated arterial pressure
stroke · COPD · asthma · arthritis · osteoporosis · Alzheimer's · dementia · obesity · autoimmune · metabolic
treatment
Care for an ailment
- managementOrganizing and directing resources
- diagnosisIdentification of illness
- medicationTherapeutic substance for illness
therapy · rehabilitation · patient · caregiver · clinic · hospital · physician · specialist · long-term care · palliative
lifestyle
Personal living pattern
exercise · sedentary · tobacco · alcohol · risk factors · early detection · awareness · education · intervention · nutrition
- public healthdisease prevention, immunization, disease control, health education, epidemiology
- medical adjectivessurgical, cardiac, orthopedic, malignant, respiratory
noncommunicablecommunicable
Capable of being spread
infectious · contagious · transmissible · catching · spreadable
noncommunicablecommunicable
Capable of being spread
expressible · conveyable · transmittable · shareable · articulable
communicate, communication, communicable, communicator, communicative, communicated, communicating, communications, communicators