noncommunicable

1. 1.

   (of disease) not capable of being passed on

   Synonymsnoncontagiousnontransmissible

   Similarnoninfectious

Questions about noncommunicable

What does noncommunicable mean?

noncommunicable means "(of disease) not capable of being passed on".

How many syllables are in noncommunicable?

noncommunicable has 6 syllables and divides as non-com-mu-ni-ca-ble under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.