intra-

(Latin: within, inside, on the inside)

Borrowed from late Latin intra-; closely related to inter-, "between". The use of intra- is largely a product of modern times, occurring in words of common and technical vocabulary, where once it was generally a term used in science and the academic world.

While some words are borrowings from Medieval and even Late Latin, few if any come from Classical Latin.

—Based on information from Barnhart Dictionary of Etymology
intracoastal
intracontinental
intracorporeal (adjective), more intracorporeal, most intracorporeal
A reference to something being located or occurring within a body: Naturally, some intracorporeal parts are the lungs, the heart, the stomach, the bones or the skeleton, the brain, the muscles, etc.
intracosmic
Interspersed among, or within, the stars or universes.
intracostal
On the inner surface of the ribs.
intracranial
Within the skull or cranium.
intractability (s) (noun), intractabilities (pl)
1. The disposition of a person which is unruly or stubborn: The intractability or obstinacy that little Timmy showed was very difficult to deal with, especially when it was time to go to bed!
2. The nature or feature of something that is hard to manage or deal with: The intractability of the leak of the faucet in the bathroom couldn't be fixed easily, so Tom had to call the plumber!
3. The inability of something which is not easily cured or relieved: The intractability of John's pain in his back was something that he had to put up with in addition to taking some medication which didn't help him much at all.
intractable (adjective), more intractable, most intractable
1. A reference to someone or something that is difficult to manage or to govern; stubborn: Intractable people are very difficult to influence or to get along with.
2. Pertaining to something that is not easy to mold or to manipulate: The intractable materials were too much trouble for the construction men to work with.
3. Descriptive of that which cannot be alleviated or cured quickly: The intractable pain in Hank's back was not going to be made less severe right away.
Unruly and not easy to work with or to control.
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Unmanageable and unruly.
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intracutaneous
1. Within the skin.
2. Within the substance of the skin, particularly the dermis.
intradermal
intradermal nevus
A nevus in which the melanocytes (epidermal cells that give skin its color) are found in nests in the dermis and have no connection with the deeper layers from which they were formed.
intradermia
intradermic
intrados
intraethnic
Within an ethnic group.

Cross references of word families related directly, or indirectly, to: "internal organs, entrails, inside": ent-; enter-; fistul-; incret-; inter-; splanchn-; viscer-.