noncontagious
Cannot be transmitted
Noncontagious describes a disease or condition that cannot be transmitted from one person to another through contact or proximity.
Diabetes, cancer, and arthritis are noncontagious—you can't catch them from someone who has them.
The term distinguishes conditions caused by genetics, environment, or lifestyle from infectious diseases: The rash looks alarming but it's noncontagious.
Relating to heredity
- hereditaryPassed through generations
- congenitalExisting from birth
- autoimmuneBody attacks itself
- metabolicOf bodily chemistry
degenerative · environmental · lifestyle · dietary · hormonal · iatrogenic · endocrine · allergic
Lasting extended period
- persistentContinuing despite difficulty
- lifelongLasting entire existence
- progressiveFavoring reform and innovation
- incurableCannot be healed
degenerative · management · ongoing · remission · flare-up · maintenance · monitoring · prognosis
Free from peril
- harmlessCausing no injury
- isolatedSeparated from others
- containedKept within limits
- localizedRestricted to one place
benign · low-risk · self-limiting · individual · personal · private · confined · restricted
Metabolic disorder affecting glucose
- asthmaChronic lung inflammation
- arthritisInflamed joint disease
- cancerUncontrolled cell proliferation disease
- heart diseaseMalfunction of blood-pumping organ
allergies · eczema · psoriasis · epilepsy · osteoporosis · celiac · lupus · fibromyalgia
genetic
Relating to heredity
- hereditaryPassed through generations
- congenitalExisting from birth
- autoimmuneBody attacks itself
metabolic · degenerative · environmental · lifestyle · dietary · hormonal · iatrogenic · endocrine · allergic · deficiency
long-term
Lasting extended period
- persistentContinuing despite difficulty
- lifelongLasting entire existence
- progressiveFavoring reform and innovation
incurable · degenerative · management · ongoing · remission · flare-up · maintenance · monitoring · prognosis · condition
safe
Free from peril
localized · benign · low-risk · self-limiting · individual · personal · private · confined · restricted · bounded
diabetes
Metabolic disorder affecting glucose
- asthmaChronic lung inflammation
- arthritisInflamed joint disease
- cancerUncontrolled cell proliferation disease
heart disease · allergies · eczema · psoriasis · epilepsy · osteoporosis · celiac · lupus · fibromyalgia · hypertension
noncontagiouscontagious
Transmissible between people
infectious · communicable · transmissible · catching · highly contagious
contagious, infectious, contagion, communicable, contagiousness