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invasive technique
A procedure that requires some form of puncture or penetration of the woman's body, ranging from IVF techniques to those that make it possible to determine the state of the embryo and detect genetic abnormalities.
Grammatical category Noun
Field Assisted Reproductive Techniques
Level of specialization Medium
Definition source Medlineplus
Gender relationship Yes, woman
Specific to one sex Yes
Prevalence Woman
Variants
Antonym
non-invasive technique
Formal
Synonym
surgical procedure
Formal
surgical technique
Formal
Equivalents

Spanish

técnica invasiva

Valenciano

tècnica invasiva
Associated concepts
Type of
surgical intervention
Examples
The study of secretions in EF offers the possibility to find biomarkers involved in endometrial receptivity to develop less- invasive clinical tools, which can produce an accurate and quick diagnosis while reducing the number of invasive techniques required. 
Of the invasive techniques, either myomectomy or image-guided ablation should be performed when fertility is a consideration.
Collocations
WITH ADJECTIVES
clinical | required | other || less | more | even less invasive technique

WITH NOUNS
invasive technique results || invasive technique refusal | invasive technique cases || invasive technique specimens || invasive technique complications

WITH VERBS
perform | require | use | broaden | reduce | avoid || investigate | focus on || identify | determine via invasive technique