deep-seated, a.
(ˈdiːpˌsiːtɪd)
[deep adv. 3.]
Having its seat far beneath the surface.
| 1741 Monro Anat. (ed. 3) 5 The deep-seated kind of Paronychia. 1813 J. Thomson Lect. Inflam. 375 A deep-seated abscess. 1878 Huxley Physiogr. 190 The conversion into steam of water which..obtains access to the deep-seated molten rocks. |
| fig. 1847 Grote Greece ii. xliv. (1862) IV. 13 Causes, deep-seated as well as various. 1887 Jessopp Arcady ii. 35 The deep-seated faith in charms and occult lore. |