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

The ankylosis may be fibrous or osseous, and may be intra- or extra-articular.

From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander