| ingrown hair |
a hair that does not emerge from the follicle but remains embedded in the skin (usually causing inflammation)
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| ingrown |
ingrowing: growing abnormally into the flesh; "an ingrown toenail"
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| ingrown h. |
one that emerges from the skin but curves and reenters it, exciting a foreign body papule that may become infected. See also pili incarnati, under pilus, and burrowing h.
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| ingrown n. |
aberrant growth of a toenail, with one or, less often, both lateral margins pushing deeply into the adjacent soft tissues. Called also ingrowing toenail, onychocryptosis, onyxis, and unguis incarnatus.
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| ingrown hair |
A hair that reenters the skin, causing a foreign body reaction.
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