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"
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
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
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
- 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"
: 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
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
the quality of not requiring code modifications, not imposing unnatural communication protocols, not imposing inefficient protocol semantics, and not degrading performance or quality
{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.)