What does the word internal mean?
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Interior, away from the surface.
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Within the body.
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[ Latin] Inner or innermost; situated nearer the middle line or median plane of a part or nearer the middle line or median plane of the body; as I. auditory meatus, I. rectus. I. capsule, see Capsule. I. ear, see Ear.
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[ Latin] Affecting the inner parts or inner surface; as I. meningitis( inflammation beginning in the pia mater or arachnoid), I. pachymeningitis( inflammation of the inner surface of the dura mater), l. otitis( otitis of the i. ear).
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[ Latin] Inside of a body, interior; as I. organs. I. resistance, see Resistance. I. secretion, see Secretion.
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[ Latin] Pertaining to or affecting parts inside of the body; as I. aneurysm, I. medicine, I. bath, I. treatment.
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This epithet is given to parts that look towards an imaginary central plane, which divides the body into two equal and symmetrical portions, as well as to those which correspond with a cavity. Thus, we say- the internal or inner surface of the arm or thigh, skull, etc.
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Usage examples for internal
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This is my model with regard to America, as far as the internal circumstances of the two countries are the same. – Burke's Speech on Conciliation with America by Edmund Burke
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Same complete internal independence in Transvaal as in Orange Free State. – A Century of Wrong by F. W. Reitz
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I have invented a few external and all the internal ones. – Brother Copas by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
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