invasive

Definition of Invasive in English :

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Adjective

1. invasive

relating to a technique in which the body is entered by puncture or incision

2. invasive

marked by a tendency to spread especially into healthy tissue

Example Sentences:
'invasive cancer cells'

3. incursive, invading, invasive

involving invasion or aggressive attack

Example Sentences:
'invasive war'

4. encroaching, invasive, trespassing

gradually intrusive without right or permission

Example Sentences:
'we moved back from the encroaching tide'
'invasive tourists'
'trespassing hunters'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Invasive

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adjective

1.

of or relating to an invasion, intrusion, etc

2.

relating to or denoting cancer at the stage at which it has spread from its site of origin to other tissues

3.

(of surgery) involving making a relatively large incision in the body to gain access to the target of the surgery, as opposed to making a small incision or gaining access endoscopically through a natural orifice

Invasive

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adjective

1.

of or having to do with invasion or an invasion

an invasive military force, invasive weeds

2. Medicine

a.

tending to spread into healthy tissue

an invasive tumor

b.

penetrating into the body

an invasive diagnostic instrument

Invasive

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adj.

1. Of, engaging in, or given to armed aggression: an invasive military force.

2.

a. Of or relating to a disease or condition that has a tendency to spread, especially into healthy tissue: an invasive carcinoma.

b. Of or relating to a medical procedure in which a part of the body is entered, as by puncture or incision.

3. Tending to spread widely in a habitat or ecosystem. Used especially of nonnative species: an invasive grass.

4. Tending to intrude or encroach, as upon privacy.

n.

An invasive species or organism.

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