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adjective
- 1. tending to spread very quickly and undesirably or harmfully: "patients suffering from invasive cancer"
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INVASIVE definition: 1. moving into all areas of something and difficult to stop: 2. An invasive organism is one that…. Learn more.
: tending to spread especially in a quick or aggressive manner: such as. a. of a non-native organism : growing and dispersing easily usually to the detriment of native species and ecosystems.
Invasive definition: characterized by or involving invasion; offensive. See examples of INVASIVE used in a sentence.
Anything invasive goes or grows where you don’t want it. An invasive procedure at the doctor hurts, and an invasive plant, like kudzu, grows all over the garden. And the yard.
You use invasive to describe something undesirable which spreads very quickly and which is very difficult to stop from spreading.
INVASIVE meaning: 1. moving into all areas of something and difficult to stop: 2. An invasive organism is one that…. Learn more.
Definition of invasive adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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.
adjective. 1. characterized by or involving invasion; offensive. invasive war. 2. invading, or tending to invade; intrusive. 3. Medicine. requiring the entry of a needle, catheter, or other instrument into a part of the body, esp. in a diagnostic procedure, as a biopsy.
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Related topics: Hospital, Illness & disability, Nurses, doctors, etc invasive in‧va‧sive / ɪnˈveɪsɪv / adjective 1 MH invasive medical treatment involves cutting into someone’s body invasive surgery 2 an invasive disease spreads quickly and is difficult to stop invasive bladder cancers 3 ...
