ingrowing

[ in-groh-ing ]

adjective

1. growing growing into the flesh:

   an ingrowing nail.

2. growing growing within or inward.

ingrowing

/ ˈɪnˌɡrəʊɪŋ /

adjective

1. (esp of a toenail) growing abnormally into the flesh
2. growing within or into

Word History and Origins

Origin of ingrowing¹

First recorded in 1865–70; in- ¹ + growing

Example Sentences

“Mrs Rhoades’s ingrowing toenail has turned the corner,” says Gilbert over supper.

From The Guardian

There has even been reassurance from the medical department that ingrowing toenails which afflicted him when he was young, and had him alarmed about the cold winter ahead, are a thing of the past.

From The Guardian

Yet an ingrowing toenail gets treated within a mandatory 18 weeks, while there is no waiting limit at all for treating mental illness.

From The Guardian

They illustrate a peculiar kind of academic Newspeak: each sentence is curled round like an ingrowing toenail, hard, ugly, and pointing only to itself.

From The Guardian

Or is it a case of ingrowing signals?”

From Project Gutenberg