invasive

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

in·va·sive BrE [ɪnˈveɪsɪv] NAmE [ɪnˈveɪsɪv] adjective (formal)
1. (especially of diseases within the body)spreading very quickly and difficult to stop
•invasive cancer
2. (of medical treatment)involving cutting into the body
•invasive surgery
see also ↑invade, Opp: ↑non-invasive

Word Origin:
[invasive] late Middle English: from obsolete French invasif, -ive or medieval Latin invasivus, from Latin invadere, from in- ‘into’ + vadere ‘go’.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  encroaching(a), trespassing(a), incursive, invading
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  confined, noninvasive