noninvasive
No cutting required
Noninvasive describes medical procedures that don't require cutting into the body or inserting instruments: a noninvasive screening test, noninvasive imaging.
The term contrasts with surgical interventions.
Outside medicine, noninvasive can describe anything that doesn't intrude or penetrate: noninvasive species that coexist without displacing native plants.
Able to be worn
- sensorInput-detecting device
- smartwatchWearable wrist-worn computing device
- oximetryBlood oxygen level measurement
- telemedicineRemote medical care delivery
Inaudible high-frequency waves
- MRIMagnetic body imaging
- CTTomographic imaging method
- imagingProducing visual representations
- screeningEvaluative selection process
echocardiography · mammography · sonogram · PET · EEG · ECG · X-ray · thermography
Causing no discomfort
- harmlessCausing no injury
- nontraumaticNot causing physical harm
- low-riskMinimal potential for harm
- safeFree from peril
benign · nonthreatening · risk-free · comfortable · tolerable · outpatient · nonsurgical
Attentive watching or remark
- medicationTherapeutic substance for illness
- first-lineTried before alternatives
- preventiveMeant to stop trouble
- cautiousCareful to avoid risk
Healing through light exposure
- TENSElectrical nerve therapy
- cryotherapyTreatment using extreme cold
- radiofrequencyElectromagnetic waves for communication
- lithotripsyShattering calculi with soundwaves
radiation · acupuncture · physiotherapy · shockwave · topical · transdermal · inhalation
wearable
Able to be worn
- sensorInput-detecting device
- smartwatchWearable wrist-worn computing device
- oximetryBlood oxygen level measurement
ultrasound
Inaudible high-frequency waves
screening · echocardiography · mammography · sonogram · PET · EEG · ECG · X-ray · thermography · biomarkers
painless
Causing no discomfort
- harmlessCausing no injury
- nontraumaticNot causing physical harm
- low-riskMinimal potential for harm
safe · benign · nonthreatening · risk-free · comfortable · tolerable · outpatient · nonsurgical
observation
Attentive watching or remark
- medicationTherapeutic substance for illness
- first-lineTried before alternatives
- preventiveMeant to stop trouble
phototherapy
Healing through light exposure
- TENSElectrical nerve therapy
- cryotherapyTreatment using extreme cold
- radiofrequencyElectromagnetic waves for communication
lithotripsy · radiation · acupuncture · physiotherapy · shockwave · topical · transdermal · inhalation
- "Non-" wordsnonprofit, nonfiction, nonstop, nonsense, nonfat
- medical adjectivessurgical, cardiac, orthopedic, malignant, respiratory
- breast cancerbreast cancer, mastectomy, mammogram, lumpectomy, mammography
- medical termsdiagnosis, disorder, surgery, disease, illness
- tumorstumor, cancer, benign tumor, malignant tumor, carcinoma
- test modifiersdiagnostic, preliminary, confirmatory, routine, stat
noninvasiveinvasive
Encroaching without welcome
surgical · operative · interventional · penetrating · intrusive
noninvasiveinvasive
Encroaching without welcome
intrusive · aggressive · infiltrating · metastatic · encroaching
invade, invasion, invader, invasive, invading, minimally invasive, invaded, invades, invaders