Is Ingrown a Real Word?

having grown into the flesh: an ingrown toenail. grown within or inward.

Is ingrown one word?

in·grown. adj. 1. Grown abnormally into the flesh: an ingrown toenail.

What is the English meaning of ingrown?

1 : grown in specifically : having the free tip or edge embedded in the flesh an ingrown toenail. 2 : having the direction of growth or activity or interest inward rather than outward swarms of ingrown, infighting bureaucracies— H. R. Cilley.

James H. Sterling

James H. Sterling

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