non-contagiousnessn.
/ˌnɒnkənˈteɪdʒəsnəs/, U.S. /ˌnɑnkənˈteɪdʒəsnəs/ rare.
The condition or property of a disease of not being contagious. Cf. non-contagion n.
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the world > health and disease > [noun] > good health > state of being conducive to > non-infectious condition
non-contagion1808
non-contagiousness1817
gnotobiosis1949
1817 Monthly Mag. 44 313 Certificates of non-contagiousness.
1869 Atlantic Monthly Mar. 321/2 The still mooted question of the contagiousness and non-contagiousness of the disease [sc. consumption].
1898 N. Amer. Rev. Dec. 683 La Roche..strongly asserts the non-contagiousness..of this disease [sc. yellow fever].
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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