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in⋅grown

[in-grohn]
–adjective
1. having grown into the flesh: an ingrown toenail.
2. grown within or inward.

Origin:
1660–70; in- 1 + grown
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ingrown 
1670, "native, innate," from in + grown, pp. of grow (q.v.). Of nails, "that has grown into the flesh," 1878.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: in·grown
Pronunciation: 'in-"grOn
Function: adjective
: grown in; specifically : having the normally free tip or edgeembedded in the flesh ingrown toenail>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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ingrown in·grown (ĭn'grōn')
adj.
Grown abnormally into the flesh.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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