(especially of diseases within the body 尤指体内疾病 spreading very quickly and difficult to stop 侵入的；侵袭的 invasive cancer 扩散性肿瘤
(of medical treatment 医疗 involving cutting into the body 有创的；切入的；开刀的 invasive surgery 开刀手术
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’.