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• intra-
  intra-

  a prefix meaning “within,” used in the formation of compound words.
• intra–
  intra–

  A prefix meaning “inside” or “within,” as in intravenous, within a vein.

intra-

American  

1. a prefix meaning “within,” used in the formation of compound words.

   intramural.

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intra- British  

prefix

1. within; inside

   intravenous

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intra– Scientific  

1. A prefix meaning “inside” or “within,” as in intravenous, within a vein.

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Etymology

Origin of intra-

< Late Latin intrā-, representing Latin intrā (adv. and preposition); akin to interior, inter-

Example Sentences

Syria's U.N. ambassador and chief negotiator Bashar al-Ja'afari arrives for a meeting with United Nations Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura during the Intra Syria talks in Geneva, Switzerland December 1, 2017.

From Reuters • Jan. 24, 2022

Intra brought up her upcoming girly sleepover; Seren piped up, saying she had never experienced the pleasures of such an event.

From The Guardian • Mar. 29, 2011

In September 1962 Heinz Krug, head of a Factory 333 shell company called Intra, vanished in Munich.

From Newsweek • Dec. 13, 2010

When Nasser-financed newspapers in Lebanon attacked Feisal, Saudi and Kuwaiti sheiks yanked $30 million out of Intra in one month.

From Time Magazine Archive

When we finally saw some lights much further up the lake and close to the shore it was Intra.

From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway

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