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Definition of Invasiveness
1. [n -ES]
Medical Definition of Invasiveness
1. Degree to which an organism is able to spread through the body from a focus of infection. (09 Oct 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Invasiveness
Literary usage of Invasiveness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Essentials for Animal Research: A Primer for Research Personnel by B. Taylor Bennett (1996)
"For the purpose of this manual these techniques can be classified into the
following broad categories: Decreased invasiveness Improved Instrumentation ..."
2. Diarrhea and Malnutrition: Interactions, Mechanisms, and Interventions by Lincoln C. Chen, Nevin S. Scrimshaw (1983)
"... this antigen marker cannot be the only determinant of invasiveness of S.
sonnei. A rough mutant S. flexneri 2a has also been isolated that is able to ..."
3. The Journal of Comparative Pathology and Therapeutics (1888)
"DISCUSSION The pathogenicity of an organism has been defined by Rowley (1960) as
consisting of three factors, ie virulence, invasiveness and communicability ..."
4. The Journal of Comparative Pathology and Therapeutics (1888)
"In one experiment involving the titration of gth kidney passage virus and before
this enhanced invasiveness was observed, 32 cattle were housed in a series ..."
5. A Text-book upon the pathogenic Bacteria and Protozoa for students of by Joseph McFarland (1915)
"Many animals and plants are naturally without any means of overcoming the
invasiveness of certain parasitic micro-organisms, and are, therefore, ..."
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