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invasive
[ in-vey-siv ]
adjective
- characterized by or involving invasion; offensive:
invasive war.
Every party we have is crashed by those invasive neighbors.
- Medicine/Medical. requiring the entry of a needle, catheter, or other instrument into a part of the body, especially in a diagnostic procedure, as a biopsy:
An x-ray is not invasive, but it may not tell us everything we need to know.
- (of a plant, especially a nonnative one) posing a threat to a plant community by growing vigorously and spreading prolifically among the previously established vegetation:
One of these invasive Asian grasses is making its way to the forest floors of southern Indiana.
invasive
/ 瑟苍藞惫别瑟蝉瑟惫 /
adjective
- of or relating to an invasion, intrusion, etc
- relating to or denoting cancer at the stage at which it has spread from its site of origin to other tissues
- (of surgery) involving making a relatively large incision in the body to gain access to the target of the surgery, as opposed to making a small incision or gaining access endoscopically through a natural orifice
invasive
- Relating to a disease or condition that has a tendency to spread, especially a malignant cancer that spreads into healthy tissue.
- Relating to a medical procedure in which a part of the body is entered, as by puncture or incision.
- Not native to and tending to spread widely in a habitat or environment. Invasive species often have few natural predators or other biological controls in their new environment. Although not always considered harmful to an environment, invasive species can become agricultural or ecological pests and can displace native species from their habitats. Invasive species are often introduced to an environment unintentionally, as the zebra mussel was to the Great Lakes, but are sometimes introduced for a purpose, as kudzu was to the southern US, where it was originally planted to control erosion.
Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- 耻苍顎卛苍路惫补顎僺颈惫别 adjective
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Example Sentences
During maintenance, workers roll through on a tractor equipped with a frame bearing metal bristles that scrape the tunnel walls, cleaning off algae and any growth of invasive mussels.
Some also argue age verification methods are invasive without being effective enough.
The carnivorous mammals are classed as an invasive species in the islands, and a culling programme for stoats began in 2019.
To keep her basketball dreams alive, she would need a more invasive surgery, one that would last more than four hours.
Parakeets are a non-native bird so they are classed as an invasive species.
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