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in·grown

(ĭn′grōn′)

adj.

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

2. Innate or inveterate: ingrown habits.

3. Having the attention focused inward; having little exchange with others; insular: "the small, ingrown world of lower Manhattan" (Forbes).

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ingrown

(ˈɪnˌɡrəʊn; ɪnˈɡrəʊn)

adj

1. (Pathology) (esp of a toenail) grown abnormally into the flesh; covered by adjacent tissues

2. grown within; native; innate

3. excessively concerned with oneself, one's own particular group, etc

4. ingrained

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in•grown

(ˈɪnˌgroʊn)

adj.

1. having grown into the flesh: an ingrown toenail.

2. grown within or inward.

[1660–70]

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Adj.

ingrown - growing abnormally into the flesh; "an ingrown toenail"

ingrowing

unhealthy - not in or exhibiting good health in body or mind; "unhealthy ulcers"

Translations

ingrown

adj toenail → eingewachsen; (= innate) → angeboren; (= self-contained) → (in sich selbst) zurückgezogen

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ingrown

adj encarnada, enterrada (esp. Mex)

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