intra

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After carefully constructing a dung ball at the dropping site, these beetles immediately roll it away along a linear path avoiding intra- and interspecific competition for food and nesting sites.

From Science Daily • Mar. 1, 2024

It turns out that nonbelievers are the ones doing most of the magical thinking when it comes to extra-, intra-, and ultraterrestrial beings.

From Slate • Oct. 18, 2021

“Limitations in effective infection control and prevention and staff members working in multiple facilities contributed to intra- and interfacility spread,” the agency said at the time.

From New York Times • Sep. 10, 2020

Ultimately, the outward pull is slightly greater than the inward pull, creating the –4 mm Hg intrapleural pressure relative to the intra- alveolar pressure.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

It will be seen later that the results of intra- and extra-peritoneal wounds of the bladder fully confirm this view, as all extra-peritoneal injuries died, while many intra-peritoneal perforations recovered spontaneously.

From Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre by Makins, George Henry