Crossword clues for invasive
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Invasive \In*va"sive\, a. [LL. invasivus: cf. F. invasif. See Invade.]
Tending to invade; characterized by invasion; aggressive. ``Invasive war.''
--Hoole.(Med.) tending to spread, especially tending to intrude into healthy tissue; -- used mostly of tumors. [Narrower terms: malignant] PJC]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
mid-15c., from Middle French invasif (15c.), from Medieval Latin invasivus, from invas-, past participle stem of invadere (see invasion).
Wiktionary
a. 1 That invades a foreign country using military force. 2 (context of a plant or animal English) That grows in environments which do not harbor natural enemes, often to the detriment of native species or of food or garden flora and fauna. 3 (context medicine English) (''of a carcinoma etc'') That invades healthy tissue; (''of a procedure'') in which part of the body is entered 4 intrusive on one's privacy. n. An invasive organism, as, a plant or animal.
WordNet
adj. relating to a technique in which the body is entered by puncture or incision [ant: noninvasive]
marked by a tendency to spread especially into healthy tissue; "invasive cancer cells" [ant: confined]
involving invasion or aggressive attack; "invasive war" [syn: incursive, invading]
gradually intrusive without right or permission; "we moved back from the encroaching tide"; "invasive tourists"; "trespassing hunters" [syn: encroaching(a), trespassing(a)]
Wikipedia
Invasive may refer to:
- A military invasion
- An invasive species
- Invasive observation, especially in reference to surveillance
- An invasive medical procedure
- The invasively progressive spread of disease from one organ in the body to another, especially in reference to cancer
Usage examples of "invasive".
Nero himself is now undergoing the same kind of invasive, sadistic, yet scientific investigation that he and his friends meted out to the poor animals.
Fresno, her doctors attempted to explain to Foua and Nao Kao that they wanted to perform two more invasive diagnostic tests: a bronchoscopy, to see if the infection had originated in her right lung, and a sinus wash, to see if it had originated in her sinuses.
Like many sea creatures, Veza was immune to all but the most invasive of the ambassador's telepathic probes.
If, abstracting altogether from the question of their value for the future spiritual life of the individual, we take them on their psychological side exclusively, so many peculiarities in them remind us of what we find outside of conversion that we are tempted to class them along with other automatisms, and to suspect that what makes the difference between a sudden and a gradual convert is not necessarily the presence of divine miracle in the case of one and of something less divine in that of the other, but rather a simple psychological peculiarity, the fact, namely, that in the recipient of the more instantaneous grace we have one of those Subjects who are in possession of a large region in which mental work can go on subliminally, and from which invasive experiences, abruptly upsetting the equilibrium of the primary consciousness, may come.
But in thus gravely entering into the knightly burlesque of the procession, and assisting to swell the same, he not only drew the venom from it, he stood forth as England's deputed representative, equal to her invasive challengeing guests at all points, comic, tragic, or cordial.
This link with the gone-before of the airspheres’ builders was reputedly the reason that all the hegemonising and invasive species - not to mention the unashamedly nosy species, such as the Culture - who had encountered the airspheres had thought the better of trying to take them over (or study them too closely).
But as David Hillis, an interventional cardiologist at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, explained to the New York Times, a doctor may have the same economic incentives as a car salesman or a funeral director or a mutual fund manager: “If you’re an invasive cardiologist and Joe Smith, the local internist, is sending you patients, and if you tell them they don’t need the procedure, pretty soon Joe Smith doesn’t send patients anymore.
But as David Hillis, an interventional cardiologist at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, explained to the New York Times, a doctor may have the same economic incentives as a car salesman or a funeral director or a mutual fund manager: "If you're an invasive cardiologist and Joe Smith, the local internist, is sending you patients, and if you tell them they don't need the procedure, pretty soon Joe Smith doesn't send patients anymore.
This link with the gone-before of the airspheres' builders was reputedly the reason that all the hegemonising and invasive species - not to mention the unashamedly nosy species, such as the Culture - who had encountered the airspheres had thought the better of trying to take them over (or study them too closely).
James still had nightmares about some of the invasive surgeries du Katt had put him through, on Finn's orders.
She moaned, relishing the fullness inside her, the hot invasive sensation of his shaft pumping into her.