invasive
invasive
Definition
in·va·sive (in vā′siv)
adjective
- of or having to do with invasion or an invasion an invasive military force, invasive weeds
- Med.
- tending to spread into healthy tissue an invasive tumor
- penetrating into the body an invasive diagnostic instrument
invasive
Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
- ladybird: Medical News Today The harlequin ladybird is the most invasive ladybird on Earth.
- carcinoma: They have a tendency to transform into invasive squamous cell carcinoma.
- specie: It is these invasive alien species which are of most extreme concern in the world today.
- thymoma: Comparing this tumor with the previous invasive thymoma, we concluded that the present lesion was a metastasis of the former thymoma.
- aspergillosis: Four percent of all patients dying in tertiary care hospitals in Europe have invasive aspergillosis.
- knotweed: Secondly, a section of invasive Japanese Knotweed will be cut in an effort to control the weed on site.
Modifying Another Word
- minimally: AB - Recently, minimally invasive therapy has been a key word in the medical field.
- locally: These tumors rarely move to internal body organs and are only locally invasive.
- potentially: It is not only how information is used, but the form it takes which may make it potentially invasive.
- highly: Rhododendron ponticum has become highly invasive in the British Isles following its introduction for horticultural purposes in the 18 th century.
- extremely: They jumped on his meeting table and were extremely invasive.
- particularly: It was particularly invasive as I was still in a labor room surrounded by equipment.
Used with adjective complement
- become: Why it switches to become invasive is not known.
- prove: One may ask why certain alien plants prove so invasive.
- feel: But it never felt invasive, which is really great for an actor.
- consider: It is considered invasive because it can quickly become dominant in understorey vegetation, eliminating other species.
Preposition: of
- privacy: It may also be invasive of the privacy of a third party.
Preposition: with
- risk: It is less much invasive with reduced risk for the cat than surgery and patients do very well.
Preposition: for
- patient: This would make more cost effective use of the care workers and be less invasive for the patients.
Preposition: than
- method: Apparently it depends on where the fibroids are situated for this to be done as it's less invasive than other methods.
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