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Definition of Ingrown
1. Adjective. Growing abnormally into the flesh. "An ingrown toenail"
Definition of Ingrown
1. Adjective. That has grown inwards or abnormally towards (part of the body) ¹
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Definition of Ingrown
1. grown into the flesh [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ingrown
Literary usage of Ingrown
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Orthopedic Surgery for Practitioners by Henry Ling Taylor, Charles Ogilvy, Fred Houdlett Albee (1909)
"ingrown toe-nail is an exceedingly painful and disabling affection, for which many
... HOOK TOR ingrown TOE-NAIL. (The author, in the American At eil ico-fi ..."
2. Regional anesthesia by Gaston Labat (1922)
"Field-block for excision of ingrown toe-nail. Ring of subcutaneous infiltration
around the base of the toe. of the 0.5 per cent. solution and subcutaneous ..."
3. The Rules of aseptic and antiseptic surgery by Arpad Geyza Gerster (1890)
"... troublesome course of treatment, the case was finally discharged cured, December
27th. e. Suppurative Affections of the Lower Extremity : (rt) ingrown ..."