(of a plant or animal) That grows in environments which do not harbor natural enemes, often to the detriment of nativespecies or of food or garden flora and fauna.
(medicine) (of a carcinoma etc) That invades healthy tissue; (of a procedure) in which part of the body is entered
“The amount of information that can be obtained in this fashion with a noninvasive procedure over a very short period of time is of tremendous importance to the physician and the patient alike.”
“The third and final step called for reupholstering the furniture using noninvasive techniques in order not to damage the fragile wood frames.”
“The addition of mean right atrial pressure to the peak tricuspid jet velocity gives an accurate noninvasive estimate of peak pulmonary pressure.”