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Definition of Ingrowing
1. Adjective. Growing abnormally into the flesh. "An ingrown toenail"
Definition of Ingrowing
1. a. Growing or appearing to grow into some other substance.
Definition of Ingrowing
1. Adjective. growing inwards or abnormally towards (a part of the body) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ingrowing
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ingrowing
Literary usage of Ingrowing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1894)
"ingrowing HAIRS. BY LEONARD G. GUTHRIE, MD OXON., MRCP LOND., -Assistant, ...
WITH ingrowing toe-nails every one is familiar; but ingrowing hairs have not, ..."
2. Bulletin of Pharmacy (1918)
"A certain customer of ours has great difficulty when the barber shaves him, due
to these ingrowing hairs on his neck." Electrolysis is the only satisfactory ..."
3. The Home Medical Library edited by Kenelm Winslow (1907)
"ingrowing TOE NAIL—This is a condition in which the flesh along- the edges of
the great toe nail becomes inflamed, owing either to overgrowth of the nail or ..."
4. A Treatise on Surgery by Timothy Holmes (1875)
"ingrowing toe-nail is a very troublesome affection, and causes incon- ingrowing
venience, by preventing active exertion, far out of proportion to its ..."
5. The Ophthalmoscope (1904)
"It is common knowledge that, owing to the gradual atrophy of the hair follicles
in chronically inflamed lids, the ingrowing lashes become finer and finer ..."
6. Household surgery, or, Hints on emergencies by John Flint South (1850)
"ingrowing NAIL. ONE of the deserved punishments which people suffer for the folly
of squeezing their feet into narrow shoes and boots, is an ingrowing nail. ..."
7. A Text-book on Minor Surgery by John Colin Vaughan (1922)
"ingrowing toc-nail is frequently the result of wearing ill-fitting shoes or ...
Some cases of what are apparently Dimple ingrowing nails are actually ..."
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