Meanings
alternative non-invasive
- not comparableNot invasive.
- not comparablemedicineOf a surgical or other medical procedure, not requiring an incision.
While noninvasive procedures like Fraxel can improve skin texture and wrinkles, Dr. Frank said that fillers are the only noninvasive way to restore volume (cost: $5,000 to $10,000).
2023 January 24, Amy Synnott, “Those Weight Loss Drugs May Do a Number on Your Face”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 24 Jan 2023
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiverelating to a technique that does not involve puncturing the skin or entering a body cavity
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Germanic*ne
- Proto-Indo-European*ís?
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
- Proto-Germanic*ainaz
- Proto-Germanic*nainaz
- Proto-West Germanic*nain
- Old Englishnān
- Middle Englishnon
- Old Englishnān
- Old Englishnān-
- Middle Englishnon-
- Englishnon-
- Englishinvasive
- Englishnoninvasive
Translations
Finnish kajoamaton, noninvasiivinen
- kajoamatonof a surgical or other medical procedure, not requiring an incision
- noninvasiivinenof a surgical or other medical procedure, not requiring an incision
Polish bezinwazyjny
- bezinwazyjnyof a surgical or other medical procedure, not requiring an incision
Russian неинвазивный
- неинвазивный (neinvazivnyj)of a surgical or other medical procedure, not requiring an incision
Cite this entry
noninvasive. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/noninvasive
“noninvasive.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/noninvasive. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “noninvasive,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/noninvasive.
Source: noninvasive on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.