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Meaning of preinvasive in English:

preinvasive

adjective

Medicine

  • Designating or relating to a stage in the development of a cancer in which it has not yet become locally invasive.

Pronunciation

preinvasive

/ˌpriːɪnˈveɪsɪv/ /ˌpriːɪnˈveɪzɪv/

Origin

1920s; earliest use found in The Lancet.