How to say "invasive" in Japanese
Choosing the right word
- 侵襲的しんしゅうてきna-adjectiveThe medical sense of 'invasive': used of procedures or treatment that enter the body or cut tissue, with the nuance of the physical stress they impose on the patient, as in medical writing on surgery.
- 観血的かんけつてきna-adjectiveA medical term that means 'open' or 'surgical': procedures that cut into the body, as opposed to non-invasive ones; it covers 'invasive' only in the 'invasive procedure' sense, and is seldom the word you want.
Both are less common medical terms: 侵襲的 covers the general 'invasive' of procedures that burden the body, while 観血的 is narrower, really meaning 'open' or 'surgical' rather than 'invasive' generally.
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