What's the difference between noncommunicable and noncontagious?

Noncommunicable


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Noncontagious


Definition:

  • (a.) Not contagious; not catching; not communicable by contact.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Starting from 1978, noncontagious febrile diseases of unclear etiology, accompanied by pronounced headache, roseolous-papular eruptions, prolonged convalescence period, are registered in May-September in Astrakhan Province.
  • (2) The priority trend in the activity of health service is prevention of the principal noncontagious diseases, cardiovascular diseases being a major part among them.
  • (3) Ehrlichial organisms cause a disease called "ehrlichiosis," a noncontagious infectious disease known to be transmitted by a tick in several cases and by a fluke in one case.
  • (4) Self-help groups for individuals with sarcoidosis (a noncontagious multisystem disorder characterized by granulomas in many organs) are rare despite the physical and emotional problems associated with this disease.
  • (5) Because there is a high incidence of noncontagious disease in the elderly, they are the group most useful for the study of new therapeutic agents or procedures.
  • (6) It is possible that CJD could also occur sporadically as a noncontagious disease by a mechanism akin to oncogenes in carcinogenesis.
  • (7) Coccidioidomycosis is accepted as being noncontagious because the infectious arthroconidial form of Coccidioides immitis is not produced in humans and other mammalian hosts.
  • (8) Mycetoma is a localized noncontagious infection that involves cutaneous and subcutaneous tissue, fascia, and bone.

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