invasive
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
See invasive in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(ĭn-vāˈsĭv)
adjective- Of, engaging in, or given to armed aggression: an invasive military force.
- Marked by the tendency to spread, especially into healthy tissue: an invasive carcinoma.
- Of or relating to a medical procedure in which a part of the body is entered, as by puncture or incision.
- Tending to intrude or encroach, as upon privacy.
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