INVASIVE


Meaning of INVASIVE in English

/in vay"siv/ , adj.

1. characterized by or involving invasion; offensive: invasive war.

2. invading, or tending to invade; intrusive.

3. Med. requiring the entry of a needle, catheter, or other instrument into a part of the body, esp. in a diagnostic procedure, as a biopsy.

[ 1400-50; late ME invasivus. See INVASION, -IVE ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .