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Language: Late Latin
Origin: Latin intra 'inside', from an unrecorded Latin interus; INTERIOR2

intra-

 prefix
     
intra- formal or technical
1 inside [= within]:
intra-departmental (=within a department)
2 into:
an intravenous injection (=into a vein)
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