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in⋅grown

  [in-grohn]
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–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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in·grown   (ĭn'grōn')   
adj.  

  1. Grown abnormally into the flesh: an ingrown toenail.

  2. Inbred; innate: ingrown habits.

  3. Insular; self-contained: "the small, ingrown world of lower Manhattan" (Forbes).

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Word Origin & History

ingrown 
1670, "native, innate," from in + grown, pp. of grow (q.v.). Of nails, "that has grown into the flesh," 1878.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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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.

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