Definition of Ingrowth

1. Noun. Something that grows inward.

Generic synonyms: Growth

Definition of Ingrowth

1. n. A growth or development inward.

Definition of Ingrowth

1. Noun. (medicine) Growth inwards. ¹

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Definition of Ingrowth

1. growth inward [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ingrowth

ingrosses
ingrossing
inground
ingroup
ingroups
ingrow
ingrowing
ingrowing toenail
ingrown
ingrown hair
ingrown hairs
ingrown nail
ingrown toenail
ingrownness
ingrownnesses
ingrowth (current term)
ingrowths
ingrum
ings
inguen
inguilty
inguinal
inguinal branches of external pudendal arteries
inguinal crest
inguinal fossa
inguinal glands

Literary usage of Ingrowth

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Dublin Journal of Medical Science (1872)
"... it was a veritable systolic murmur in the pulmonary artery, due to the ingrowth of the cancerous mass into the interior of the vessel.—April 13, 1872. ..."

2. The Journal of Medical Research (1901)
"The ingrowth of cells takes place most readily if the fibers of the coagulum form a ... On the other hand, the ingrowth of fibroblasts into the coagulum is ..."

3. The Cambridge Natural History by Sidney Frederick Harmer, Arthur Everett Shipley (1896)
"The hypoblast in the body anterior to the cloacal ingrowth forms the digestive ... An ingrowth of epiblast at the extreme tip of the foot gives rise to the ..."

4. Text-book of the Embryology of Invertebrates by Eugen Korschelt, Karl Heider, Edward Laurens Mark, William McMichael Woodworth, Matilda Bernard, Martin Fountain Woodward (1899)
"In the South American species this point of ingrowth, which in position ... From this point the ingrowth proceeds continuously, ami tills the whole inner ..."

5. Human embryology by Charles Sedgwick Minot (1897)
"The tissue around the epithelial ingrowth, Ep. in, is destined to form the protuberant nipple, of which the dermal tissue is clearly differentiated during ..."

6. Transactions of the Pathological Society of London by Pathological Society of London (1884)
"The histological changes seen in the cartilages themselves I believe to be secondary to this ingrowth. In my own specimens these changes consist in (1) an ..."

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