| 释义 |
ingrowth|ˈɪngrəʊθ|
[in adv. 11 d.]
a. The action of growing inwards.
b. concr. That which grows inwards; a formation due to growth in an inward direction. (Opp. to outgrowth.)
1870Rolleston Anim. Life 20 Not as yet closed up by ossificatory ingrowth. 1877Huxley Anat. Inv. Anim. viii. 482 In these, as in other Invertebrata, the nervous ganglia are modified ingrowths of the epiblast. 1882Vines Sachs' Bot. 14 The cell-walls..are attached externally to the ingrowths of the cell-wall of the mother-cell. |