Invasive

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  • adjective. Of, engaging in, or given to armed aggression.
  • adjective. undefined
  • adjective. Of or relating to a disease or condition that has a tendency to spread, especially into healthy tissue.
  • adjective. Of or relating to a medical procedure in which a part of the body is entered, as by puncture or incision.
  • adjective. Tending to spread widely in a habitat or ecosystem. Used especially of nonnative species.
  • adjective. Tending to intrude or encroach, as upon privacy.
  • noun. An invasive species or organism.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Tending to invade; characterized by invasion; aggressive.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Tending to invade; characterized by invasion; aggressive.
  • adjective. tending to spread, especially tending to intrude into healthy tissue; -- used mostly of tumors.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. that invades a foreign country using military force
  • adjective. that invades a habitat to the detriment of native species
  • adjective. (of a carcinoma etc) that invades healthy tissue; (of a procedure) in which part of the body is entered
  • adjective. intruding on one's privacy, or trespassing
  • noun. An invasive organism, as, a plant or animal.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. marked by a tendency to spread especially into healthy tissue
  • adjective. gradually intrusive without right or permission
  • adjective. involving invasion or aggressive attack
  • adjective. relating to a technique in which the body is entered by puncture or incision
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    "The catch is, is that the term invasive is often used not too discriminately."
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