noninvasive

1. 1.

   relating to a technique that does not involve puncturing the skin or entering a body cavity

   Antonymsinvasive

   medicine

Questions about noninvasive

What does noninvasive mean?

noninvasive means "relating to a technique that does not involve puncturing the skin or entering a body cavity".

How many syllables are in noninvasive?

noninvasive has 4 syllables and divides as no-nin-va-sive 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.

What is the opposite of noninvasive?

The recorded antonyms are invasive.

Is noninvasive a common word?

noninvasive is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.