Definition of Ingrown toenail

1. Noun. Toenail having its free tip or edges embedded in the surrounding flesh.

Exact synonyms: Onyxis
Generic synonyms: Toenail

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ingrown Toenail

ingrooving
ingross
ingrossed
ingrosses
ingrossing
inground
ingroup
ingroups
ingrow
ingrowing
ingrowing toenail
ingrown
ingrown hair
ingrown hairs
ingrown nail
ingrown toenail (current term)
ingrownness
ingrownnesses
ingrowth
ingrowths
ingrum
ings
inguen
inguilty
inguinal
inguinal branches of external pudendal arteries
inguinal crest

Literary usage of Ingrown toenail

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Manual of Operative Surgery by Lewis Atterbury Stimson, John Rogers (1900)
"AB ingrown toenail. A. A, B, 1>. C, flap operations (parta removed shown in B. A'. I'.c'.H'). B. It, !•', s, wedge operation—M', X', showing part removed by ..."

2. Code of Federal Regulations by Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Staff (2005)
"(a) Any product that bears labeling claims such as for "temporary relief of discomfort from ingrown toenails," or "ingrown toenail relief product," or ..."

3. American Medicine (1920)
"THE ingrown toenail. BY LOUIS BLUMENFELD, MD, Attending Surgeon, Jewish Hospital Clinic; Lecturer in Surgery, Nurses' Training School of the Swedish ..."

4. Surgical Handicraft: A Manual of Surgical Manipulations, Minor Surgery, and by Walter Pye (1884)
"Of ingrown toenail, and Avulsion of Nails. ... There are probably very few, if any, cases of ingrown toenail which cannot be cured by measures short of ..."

5. The Medical and Surgical Reporter (1893)
"This form of epilepsy will receive worthy attention in a subsequent paper. It is true that not every scar, ingrown toenail, ..."

6. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by Philadelphia Neurological Society, American Neurological Association, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association (1893)
"It is true that not every scar, ingrown toenail, phi- mosis, pinworm, or what not, begets reflex cerebral disturbance, or else this form of disease would be ..."

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