invasive
adjectiveOf, engaging in, or given to armed aggression.
adjectiveOf or relating to a disease or condition that has a tendency to spread, especially into healthy tissue.
adjectiveOf or relating to a medical procedure in which a part of the body is entered, as by puncture or incision.
adjectiveTending to spread widely in a habitat or ecosystem. Used especially of nonnative species.
adjectiveTending to intrude or encroach, as upon privacy.
nounAn invasive species or organism.
Tending to invade; characterized by invasion; aggressive.
adjectiveTending to invade; characterized by invasion; aggressive.
adjectivetending to spread, especially tending to intrude into healthy tissue; — used mostly of tumors.
