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that invades a habitat to the detriment of native species
intruding on one's privacy, or trespassing
that invades healthy tissue; (of a procedure) in which part of the body is entered
An invasive organism, as, a plant or animal
that invades a foreign country using military force
Tending to penetrate healthy tissue
Introduced into the body
A plant that proliferates quickly and can aggressively compete with desired plants
{s} intrusive; interruptive
An introduced (non-native) plant that disrupts the local ecosystem and isn't checked by climate, grazing, or other natural means Extreme examples include kudzu vine (Pueraria lobata), which can grow 35 feet in one season and which the American Horticultural Society's A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants calls "the vine that ate the South"
- Colonising an area from outside
marked by a tendency to spread especially into healthy tissue; "invasive cancer cells"
invading of healthy tissue
Tending to invade; characterized by invasion; aggressive
involving invasion or aggressive attack; "invasive war"
Cancer that has spread from its place of origin to surrounding tissue
You use invasive to describe something undesirable which spreads very quickly and which is very difficult to stop from spreading. They found invasive cancer during a routine examination
refers to a tumor that invades healthy tissues The opposite of encapsulated Also called diffuse or infiltrating
Going under the skin to into an orifice
relating to a technique in which the body is entered by puncture or incision
marked by a tendency to spread especially into healthy tissue; "invasive cancer cells" relating to a technique in which the body is entered by puncture or incision
intruding on ones privacy, or trespassing
An invasive medical procedure involves operating on a patient or examining the inside of their body
denoting or characterized by invasion or a procedure requiring insertion of an instrument or device into the body through the skin or a body orifice for diagnosis or treatment
An invasive plant, animal etc
- referring to a medical procedure in which a bodily orifice or the skin must be penetrated for the purpose of collecting data, or for diagnosing or treating a disorder
gradually intrusive without right or permission; "we moved back from the encroaching tide"; "invasive tourists"; "trespassing hunters"
invasionary
invasive exotic
A species or an individual of a species that is foreign to an environment and that, when introduced to that environment, outcompetes native species
invasive exotics
plural form of invasive exotic
invasive species
: Any species that has been introduced to an environment where it is not native, and that has since become a nuisance through rapid spread and increase in numbers, often to the detriment of native species
invasive cancer
{i} (Oncology) infiltrating cancer, cancer that begins and develops in one layer of tissue or area and is spreading to the surrounding healthy tissues
invasive treatment
treatment which involves a surgical opening of the body (to remove, insert, etc.)
ınvasive
{a} entering in a hostile manner, hostile
non-invasive
(of medical procedures) not involving the introduction of instruments into the body
non-invasive
(chiefly of disease) not tending to spread undesirably
invasiveness
The quality of being invasive
invasiveness
{i} intrusiveness, obtrusiveness
minimally invasive coronary bypass surgery
heart surgery in which a coronary bypass is performed on the beating heart by the use of small instruments and cameras threaded through small incisions
non-invasive
Does not invade healthy tissue
non-invasive
Not breaking, cutting or entering the skin
non-invasive
the quality of not requiring code modifications, not imposing unnatural communication protocols, not imposing inefficient protocol semantics, and not degrading performance or quality
non-invasive
A type of neoplasm, which does not invade or destroy nearby tissue
non-invasive
Opposite of invasive 1) Characteristic of a Benign Tumor 2) Procedure where the integrity of the body is not breached
non-invasive
Medical procedure not penetrating the skin or a body cavity
non-invasive
{s} (of a medical procedure) that does not necessitate insertion of instruments through the skin or into the body, not penetrating the body; that does not spread to healthy tissues, not tending to spread, localized, not spreading to other parts of the body (of cancer, etc.)
non-invasive
Procedure which does not require incision into the body or the removal of tissue
invasive
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