ingrowing

American  

[in-groh-ing] / ˈɪnˌgroʊ ɪŋ /

adjective

1. growing into the flesh.

   an ingrowing nail.

2. growing within or inward.

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ingrowing British  

/ ˈɪnˌɡrəʊɪŋ /

adjective

1. (esp of a toenail) growing abnormally into the flesh

2. growing within or into

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Etymology

Origin of ingrowing

First recorded in 1865–70; in- ¹ + growing

Example Sentences

Patients are being warned not to clog up A&E with everyday niggles as NHS figures show thousands turned to hospitals for minor ailments such as hiccups and ingrowing toenails last winter.

From BBC • Dec. 3, 2025

“Mrs Rhoades’s ingrowing toenail has turned the corner,” says Gilbert over supper.

From The Guardian • Sep. 5, 2019

His sharply domed cranium, monkey-fur suit, and ingrowing personality, seem all too slight an excuse for the sizable cheques which he has drawn for many years from the Barnum & Bailey and Ringling Brothers circus.

From Time Magazine Archive

During his 13 years in Japan he seems to have relaxed only in circles of U.S. business and newspapermen similar to the ingrowing foreign groups of Shanghai's International Settlement.

From Time Magazine Archive

With a sense of relief, for his reflections had become almost inconveniently sombre and ingrowing, he saw it was someone he already knew in a friendly way, though he still addressed him as "Stooard."

From Command by McFee, William