ingrown

ingrown
    adj 1: growing abnormally into the flesh; "an ingrown toenail"
           [syn: {ingrowing}, {ingrown}]
    

Ingrown \In"grown`\, a.
   Having grown or appearing to grow into some other substance,
   especially a fingernail or toenail growing into the adjacent
   flesh.
   [1913 Webster +PJC]

   {Ingrown toenail}, a toenail whose edges have becoming
      imbedded in the adjacent flesh.
      [1913 Webster +PJC]
    

42 Moby Thesaurus words for "ingrown":
      confirmed, deep-dyed, deep-engraven, deep-fixed, deep-grounded,
      deep-laid, deep-rooted, deep-seated, deep-set, deep-settled,
      dyed-in-the-wool, embedded, embossed, engrafted, engraved,
      entrenched, established, etched, firmly established, graven,
      implanted, impressed, imprinted, indelibly impressed, infixed,
      ingrained, inveterate, inwrought, long-established, old-line,
      on a rock, on bedrock, rooted, set, settled, stabilized, vested,
      well-established, well-founded, well-grounded, well-set,
      well-settled