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Definition of Invasive
1. Adjective. Relating to a technique in which the body is entered by puncture or incision.
2. Adjective. Marked by a tendency to spread especially into healthy tissue. "Invasive cancer cells"
3. Adjective. Involving invasion or aggressive attack. "Invasive war"
4. Adjective. Gradually intrusive without right or permission. "Trespassing hunters"
Definition of Invasive
1. a. Tending to invade; characterized by invasion; aggressive.
Definition of Invasive
1. invasion [adj] - See also: invasion
Medical Definition of Invasive
1. 1. Having the quality of invasiveness. 2. Involving puncture or incision of the skin or insertion of an instrument or foreign material into the body, said of diagnostic techniques. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)