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invasiveness

invasiveness

8.1
The amount a medical treatment cuts or enters the body
  • noun
  • /ɪnˈveɪsɪvnəs/
  • Specialized
translation icon : invasividad
  • It has also been suggested that proliferative activity is greater in BSCC, resulting in an increase in tumor invasiveness.
  • minimal invasiveness

Examples

  • As a result of the decreased invasiveness of the procedures, the risk of postoperative complications is also substantially reduced.

    Academic text (2003)
  • These passages from Ridley blur completely the line between medical invasiveness and invasion.

    Academic text (2014)
  • Thus, the invasiveness of a surgical procedure is greatly reduced with the use of robots.

    Academic text (2003)
  • This is, however, very difficult to achieve because of the invasiveness of some imaging techniques or bone pins.

    Academic text (2016)
  • The minimal invasiveness of these procedures should mean fewer complications than with the previous procedures, a belief that is supported by the limited data previously described.

    Academic text (1999)
  • Implantation of the embryo is aggressive, it's invasive, and this invasiveness is actually ancient, but it was lost in some lineages.

  • OP is considered major surgery. Mortality after elective open cholecystectomy (indications other than cancer), an operation similar to OP in terms of invasiveness and recovery period, followed a pattern similar to OP.

    Academic text (1995)
  • Our investigation demonstrated that FUT is a good method for treating cicatricial alopecia with several advantages, including minimal invasiveness, relative safety, high transplantation density, and satisfactory postoperative results.

    Academic text (2015)
  • The electrode design, along with the custom-designed implantation tools, allowed the placement of up to eight electrodes within a 3-hour session, with minimal invasiveness, minimal discomfort, and without disruption of the subject's mobility level and normal activities.

    Academic text (2001)
  • Advancements in technology have led to procedures with reduced invasiveness, which means safer options for patients.

How Invasive

operation
273 3.7
invasiveness
  • Specialized
8.1
nonsurgical
1 3.9

Surface Forms

invasiveness singular

Morphology

invasiveness = invasive (transparent) = invade + ive + ness

Derived by adding '-ness' to 'invasive'; in the medical sense 'invasive' retains the literal sense 'entering the body', so the formation is directly interpretable.

Etymology

Invasiveness comes from Latin parts in- 'into' and vadere 'to go', so it means 'going into'. That's why doctors use the word to describe how much a test or operation must go into the body.