NONINFLAMMATORY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does noninflammatory mean? 

• NONINFLAMMATORY (adjective)
  The adjective NONINFLAMMATORY has 1 sense:

1. not inflammatory

  Familiarity information: NONINFLAMMATORY used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NONINFLAMMATORY (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Not inflammatory

Similar:

unprovocative; unprovoking (not provocative)

 Context examples 

Noninflammatory degenerative disease of the hip joint which usually appears in late middle or old age.

(Hip Osteoarthritis, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Functional disturbance or pathological change in the peripheral nervous system; sometimes limited to noninflammatory lesions as opposed to those of neuritis; etiology may be known or unknown.

(Peripheral Sensory Neuropathy, NIH CRISP Thesaurus)

A noninflammatory degenerative joint disease occurring chiefly in older persons, characterised by degeneration of the articular cartilage, hypertrophy of bone at the margins and changes in the synovial membrane.

(Osteoarthritis, NCI Thesaurus)

A noninflammatory, usually bilateral protrusion of the cornea, the apex being displaced downward and nasally.

(Keratoconus, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

One striking feature of intestinal immunity is its ability to generate great amounts of noninflammatory immunoglobulin A (IgA) antibodies that serve as the first line of defense against microorganisms.

(Intestinal IgA Production Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)