noun
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the act of growing inwards
the ingrowth of a toenail
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something that grows inwards
Etymology
Origin of ingrowth
Example Sentences
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Sometimes it takes more than one visit to tackle the problem, especially when the skin can’t be treated due to nail over- and ingrowth.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 26, 2024
Her father, a college football coach, schooled her in the importance of trimming toenails square to prevent ingrowth, so that’s reason No. 1.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 30, 2022
Dermatologist Chris Adigun told us that tools aren’t usually the issue when an ingrowth leaves a patient hobbling.
From Slate ● Sep. 24, 2018
It is due to an arrest of development, whereby the closure of the primary medullary groove and the ingrowth of the mesoblast to form the spines and laminæ fail to take place.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Alexander Miles
An outgrowth of brain substance, on the other hand, forms the retina, while a third process is a lateral ingrowth of connective tissue, which afterwards changes into the vitreous humour of the eye.
From On the Genesis of Species by St. George Mivart
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