invasive

adj.

1. Of, engaging in, or given to armed aggression: an invasive military force.
2. Marked by the tendency to spread, especially into healthy tissue: an invasive carcinoma.
3. Of or relating to a medical procedure in which a part of the body is entered, as by puncture or incision.
4. Tending to intrude or encroach, as upon privacy.

[Middle English, from Old French invasif, from Medieval Latin invāsīvus, from Latin invāsus, past participle of invādere, to invade. See invade.]

invasively in·va'sive·ly adv.
invasiveness in·va'sive·ness n.

1. the ability of microorganisms to enter the body and spread in the tissues.
2. the ability to infiltrate and actively destroy surrounding tissue, a property of malignant tumors.

A term used to describe a plant that spreads aggressively, often by runners or other underground parts, and can overwhelm adjacent plantings. Many ground covers can be invasive.

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - invasions-, indtrængende, angribende

Nederlands (Dutch)
zich verspreidend, binnendringend, intern (medische procedure)

Français (French)
adj. - envahissant, invasif, chirurgical

Deutsch (German)
adj. - sich ausbreitend, störend, (gewaltsam) eingreifend

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - της εισβολής, καταπατητικός

Italiano (Italian)
invasivo

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - agressivo

Русский (Russian)
захватнический

Español (Spanish)
adj. - invasor, invasivo

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - invasions-, inkräktande, som tenderar att breda ut sig, invasiv (med.)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
侵入的, 攻击性的, 侵略性的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 侵入的, 攻擊性的, 侵略性的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 침입하는, 범하는

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 侵略的な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) غزوي, عدواني, اجتياحي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮פולש, פולשני, חודר (טיפול רפואי), נוטה לחדור לתחום הפרט, מתפשטת (מחלה)‬

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