Invasive

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Invasive \In*va"sive\, a. [LL. invasivus: cf. F. invasif. See
     {Invade}.]
     1. Tending to invade; characterized by invasion; aggressive.
        "Invasive war." --Hoole.
        [1913 Webster]
  


     2. (Med.) tending to spread, especially tending to intrude
        into healthy tissue; -- used mostly of tumors. [Narrower
        terms: {malignant}] PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  invasive
       adj 1: relating to a technique in which the body is entered by
              puncture or incision [ant: {noninvasive}]
       2: marked by a tendency to spread especially into healthy
          tissue; "invasive cancer cells" [ant: {confined}]
       3: involving invasion or aggressive attack; "invasive war"
          [syn: {incursive}, {invading}]
       4: gradually intrusive without right or permission; "we moved
          back from the encroaching tide"; "invasive tourists";
          "trespassing hunters" [syn: {encroaching(a)}, {trespassing(a)}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  28 Moby Thesaurus words for "invasive":
     advancing, assailing, assaulting, attacking, charging, driving,
     entering, in, inbound, incoming, incursionary, incursive,
     inflooding, inflowing, ingoing, ingressive, inpouring, interfering,
     interruptive, intervenient, intrusive, invading, invasionary,
     inward, inward-bound, irruptive, obtrusive, thrusting