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invasive
[ in-vey-siv ]
adjective
- characterized by or involving invasion; offensive:
invasive war.
Every party we have is crashed by those invasive neighbors.
- Medicine/Medical. requiring the entry of a needle, catheter, or other instrument into a part of the body, especially in a diagnostic procedure, as a biopsy:
An x-ray is not invasive, but it may not tell us everything we need to know.
- (of a plant, especially a nonnative one) posing a threat to a plant community by growing vigorously and spreading prolifically among the previously established vegetation:
One of these invasive Asian grasses is making its way to the forest floors of southern Indiana.
invasive
/ ɪnˈveɪsɪv /
adjective
- of or relating to an invasion, intrusion, etc
- relating to or denoting cancer at the stage at which it has spread from its site of origin to other tissues
- (of surgery) involving making a relatively large incision in the body to gain access to the target of the surgery, as opposed to making a small incision or gaining access endoscopically through a natural orifice
invasive
/ ĭn-vā′sĭv /
- Relating to a disease or condition that has a tendency to spread, especially a malignant cancer that spreads into healthy tissue.
- Relating to a medical procedure in which a part of the body is entered, as by puncture or incision.
- Not native to and tending to spread widely in a habitat or environment. Invasive species often have few natural predators or other biological controls in their new environment. Although not always considered harmful to an environment, invasive species can become agricultural or ecological pests and can displace native species from their habitats. Invasive species are often introduced to an environment unintentionally, as the zebra mussel was to the Great Lakes, but are sometimes introduced for a purpose, as kudzu was to the southern US, where it was originally planted to control erosion.
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An electro-acupuncture needle is in one view a minimally-invasive neural interface that only pierces the top of the skin.
In Canada, just last year, entomologists identified two different invasive hornet species.
Those eggs may transport fish, including invasive species, to new places.
In the lab, Vincze and her colleagues fed thousands of eggs from two invasive carp species to eight mallard ducks.
That knowledge could reveal new ways to control the invasive species.
The procedure they undergo to extract eggs is intense and invasive and there are no sexual kicks involved.
But what if vasectomies were cheap, non-invasive, fully reversible, and as widespread as the female birth control pill?
Only in the high seas are there still some habitats free of invasive species.
A day running errands in public can involve multiple strangers asking invasive questions about her body and her abilities.
Besides the danger to animals, these exotic animals may cause havoc as an invasive species.
She studied it till the conventional phrases took a fiery hue, and came at her with an invasive rush.
This is the Anarchistic definition of government: the subjection of the non-invasive individual to an external will.
Two obstacles, the one external, the other internal, checked its invasive progress.
Afterwards Lowell wrote again, owning himself wrong in his appeal, which he had come to recognize as invasive.
It is enough to say that Sepia found her companion distrait, and he felt her a little invasive.
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