invasive
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Undergoing a double, or bilateral, mastectomy and reconstruction is invasive.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026
They found Madagascar "hissing" cockroaches, a bulky insect named for its noisy defence mechanism, and dubia cockroaches, an invasive critter bred as a snack for pet lizards.
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
That’s why the gold standard is a colonoscopy, a minimally invasive procedure that uses a scope with a camera to examine the large intestine’s lining for precancerous or cancerous polyps.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026
Urgency to tamp down the invasive mosquito population in California has increased since 2023, when the state logged its first locally acquired dengue cases — meaning people were infected in their communities, not while traveling.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026
But because all this is happening in such a thin layer, it also leaves the tree terribly vulnerable to invasive organisms.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
Vocabulary lists containing invasive
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