ingrowth
Growth turning inward
Ingrowth is the process of growing inward or the result of such growth.
In medicine, it often describes tissue growing into a space where it doesn't belong—bone ingrowth into a joint replacement, or the familiar annoyance of an ingrown toenail.
The word also appears in biology and ecology for organisms colonizing an area from within: bacterial ingrowth in the sample.
Gradual intrusion on territory
- penetrationEntry into something
- infiltrationCovert entry into organization
- intrusionUnauthorized entry into space
- permeationProcess of spreading throughout
spread · colonization · foundation · blockage · drainage · sewer · cracking · structural
Biological self-repair process
- healingRestoration of health
- fibroblastsCollagen-producing connective tissue cells
- collagenStructural body protein
- epithelialSurface-lining tissue type
proliferation · cellular · angiogenesis · granulation · morphogenesis · osteoblasts · dermal · homeostasis
Protective tissue response
- infectionPathogen invasion causing illness
- sorenessTender, painful sensation
- tendernessGentle, caring quality
- swellingAbnormal tissue enlargement
redness · pus · podiatrist · nail bed · cuticle · toe · footwear · trimming
Harmlessness to living systems
- prosthesisManufactured replacement body part
- graftingJoining tissues to grow together
- integrationCombining into a whole
- fixationPersistent mental attachment
titanium · biomaterials · joint replacement · spinal fusion · encapsulation · scaffold · mesh · stent
encroachment
Gradual intrusion on territory
- penetrationEntry into something
- infiltrationCovert entry into organization
- intrusionUnauthorized entry into space
permeation · spread · colonization · foundation · blockage · drainage · sewer · cracking · structural · vegetation
regeneration
Biological self-repair process
- healingRestoration of health
- fibroblastsCollagen-producing connective tissue cells
- collagenStructural body protein
epithelial · proliferation · cellular · angiogenesis · granulation · morphogenesis · osteoblasts · dermal · homeostasis · vascularization
inflammation
Protective tissue response
- infectionPathogen invasion causing illness
- sorenessTender, painful sensation
- tendernessGentle, caring quality
swelling · redness · pus · podiatrist · nail bed · cuticle · toe · footwear · trimming · paronychia
biocompatibility
Harmlessness to living systems
- prosthesisManufactured replacement body part
- graftingJoining tissues to grow together
- integrationCombining into a whole
fixation · titanium · biomaterials · joint replacement · spinal fusion · encapsulation · scaffold · mesh · stent · pacemaker
ingrowthoutgrowth
Something developing from another
projection · extrusion · protrusion · extension · efflorescence
ingrowthoutgrowth
Something developing from another
aftereffect · consequence · manifestation · expression · byproduct
ingrowthprotuberance
Projection from a surface
bulge · excrescence · bump · swelling · nodule
- ingrown hairFollicle curling beneath skin
- ingrown nailNail piercing its bed
- ingrown toenailsNails growing into tissue