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adjectivegradually intrusive without right or permission
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adjectiveinvolving invasion or aggressive attack
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adjectivemarked by a tendency to spread especially into healthy tissue
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adjectiverelating to a technique in which the body is entered by puncture or incisionOpposite:
Definition that contains invasive
- echocardiography a noninvasive diagnostic procedure that uses ultrasound to study to structure and motions of the heart
- echoencephalography a noninvasive diagnostic procedure that uses ultrasound to study the anatomy of the brain
- arabidopsis lyrata a small noninvasive cross-pollinating plant with white flowers; closely related to Arabidopsis thaliana
- arabidopsis thaliana a small invasive self-pollinating weed with small white flowers; much studied by plant geneticists; the first higher plant whose complete genome sequence was described
- arthroscopy a minimally invasive operation to repair a damaged joint; the surgeon examines the joint with an arthroscope while making repairs through a small incision
- clinical test a rigorously controlled test of a new drug or a new invasive medical device on human subjects; in the United States it is conducted under the direction of the FDA before being made available for general clinical use
- clinical trial a rigorously controlled test of a new drug or a new invasive medical device on human subjects; in the United States it is conducted under the direction of the FDA before being made available for general clinical use
- convolvulus arvensis weakly climbing European perennial with white or pink flowers; naturalized in North America and an invasive weed
- field bindweed weakly climbing European perennial with white or pink flowers; naturalized in North America and an invasive weed
- genus lysimachia loosestrife: a cosmopolitan genus found in damp or swampy terrain having usually yellow flowers; inclined to be invasive