invasive
adjective /ɪnˈveɪsɪv/
/ɪnˈveɪsɪv/
(formal)- (especially of diseases within the body) spreading very quickly and difficult to stop
- invasive cancer
- (of medical treatment) involving cutting into the body
- invasive surgery
opposite non-invasive see also invade
Word Originlate Middle English: from obsolete French invasif, -ive or medieval Latin invasivus, from Latin invadere, from in- ‘into’ + vadere ‘go’.