Definitions for invasive

Overview of adj invasive

The adj invasive has 4 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)

1. invasive

(relating to a technique in which the body is entered by puncture or incision)

2. invasive

(marked by a tendency to spread especially into healthy tissue; "invasive cancer cells")

3. incursive, invading, invasive

(involving invasion or aggressive attack; "invasive war")

4. encroaching, invasive, trespassing

(gradually intrusive without right or permission; "we moved back from the encroaching tide"; "invasive tourists"; "trespassing hunters")