ingrowth

[ in-grohth ]

noun

1. growth inward.
2. something formed by growth inward.

Word History and Origins

Origin of ingrowth¹

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

Example Sentences

It begins to form early in the embryo life as an epithelial ingrowth from the throat, and extends from the neck into the chest.

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In Osseous Fish there appears to be no doubt that the floor is largely formed by an ingrowth of this kind.

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The same ingrowth causes the obliteration of the segmentation cavity.

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In these instances there is no commencement of an ingrowth in the manner supposed for meroblastic ova.

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But even in stage B there are beginnings of a cellular ventral wall derived from an ingrowth of cells from the two sides.

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