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Invasive

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invasive /in·va·sive/ (-siv)
1. having the quality of invasiveness.
2. involving puncture of the skin or insertion of an instrument or foreign material into the body; said of diagnostic techniques.
in·va·sive (n-vsv)
adj.
1. Marked by the tendency to spread, especially into healthy tissue, as a tumor.
2. Of or relating to a medical procedure in which a part of the body is entered, as by puncture or incision.
in·vasive·ness n.
Invasive
A diagnostic test that invades healthy tissue; in the case of venography, through an incision in a healthy vein.
Mentioned in: Thymoma, Venography
invasive
1. having the quality of invasiveness.
2. involving puncture or incision of the skin or insertion of an instrument or foreign material into the body; said of diagnostic techniques.
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