Usually means: Inward growth, often into tissues.
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We found 19 dictionaries that define the word INGROWTH:

General (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. ingrowth: Merriam-Webster
  2. ingrowth: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. ingrowth: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. ingrowth: Collins English Dictionary
  5. ingrowth: Vocabulary.com
  6. ingrowth: Wordnik
  7. ingrowth: Wiktionary
  8. ingrowth: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. ingrowth: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. ingrowth: Dictionary.com
  11. Ingrowth: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  12. ingrowth: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  13. ingrowth: Rhymezone
  14. Ingrowth: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  15. ingrowth: FreeDictionary.org
  16. ingrowth: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. ingrowth: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. ingrowth: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. ingrowth: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (ingrowth)

▸ noun:  (medicine) Growth inwards.

Similar:
inmigration, introflexion, inbirth, invagination, inswarming, introcession, inwelling, inward, intussusception, inbreathing, more...

Opposite:
outgrowth, expansion, extension

Adjectives:
epithelial, fibrous, bony, vascular, cellular, fibrovascular, rapid, capillary, extensive, porous, subsequent

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Similar:
inmigration, introflexion, inbirth, invagination, inswarming, introcession, inwelling, inward, intussusception, inbreathing, more...

Opposite:
outgrowth, expansion, extension

Adjectives:
epithelial, fibrous, bony, vascular, cellular, fibrovascular, rapid, capillary, extensive, porous, subsequent



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