Definitions for ingrowth

ingrowth in·growth

Spelling: [in-grohth]
IPA: /ˈɪnˌgroʊθ/

Ingrowth is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 231 anagrams from letters in ingrowth (ghinortw).

Definitions for ingrowth

noun

  1. growth inward.
  2. something formed by growth inward.

Origin of ingrowth

First recorded in 1865-70; in-1 + growth

Examples for ingrowth

The groove gradually becomes converted into a series of sockets by the ingrowth of transverse bars of bone.

The fins, both median and paired, obtain their musculature by the ingrowth into them of muscle buds from the adjoining myotomes.

Because the mouth and throat are lined by an ingrowth from the external skin; the origin and growth of this is seen in the embryo.

In the course of embryonic development all glands are formed by an ingrowth of the surface.

In these instances there is no commencement of an ingrowth in the manner supposed for meroblastic ova.

In Osseous Fish there appears to be no doubt that the floor is largely formed by an ingrowth of this kind.

But even in stage B there are beginnings of a cellular ventral wall derived from an ingrowth of cells from the two sides.

This is indicated by the fact that they appear in some cases to be lined by an ingrowth of ectoderm.

The ingrowth of synovial membrane may fill up the cavity of the joint, or may divide it up into compartments.

Word Value for ingrowth
Scrable

15

Words with friends

16

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