Definition that contains invading
- invasion the act of invading; the act of an army that invades for conquest or plunder
- confined not invading healthy tissue
- gettysburg a battle of the American Civil War (1863); the defeat of Robert E. Lee's invading Confederate Army was a major victory for the Union
- substrate an indigenous language that contributes features to the language of an invading people who impose their language on the indigenous population
- ethelred king of Wessex and Kent and elder brother of Alfred; Alfred joined Ethelred's battle against the invading Danes and succeeded him on his death (died in 871)
- ethelred king of the English who succeeded to the throne after his half-brother Edward the Martyr was murdered; he struggled unsuccessfully against the invading Danes (969-1016)
- superstrate the language of a later invading people that is imposed on an indigenous population and contributes features to their language
- immune reaction a bodily defense reaction that recognizes an invading substance (an antigen: such as a virus or fungus or bacteria or transplanted organ) and produces antibodies specific against that antigen
- opsonin an antibody in blood serum that attaches to invading microorganisms and other antigens to make them more susceptible to the action of phagocytes
- opsonization process whereby opsonins make an invading microorganism more susceptible to phagocytosis