<B>intern</B> (1), verb, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> to confine within the limits of a country or place; force to stay in a certain place. Soldiers or ships who enter a neutral country or its ports in war are interned there until the war is over. <DD><I>noun </I> a person who is interned, such as an enemy alien during wartime; internee. </DL>
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<B>intern</B> (2), noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a doctor acting as an assistant and undergoing training in a hospital. After a student graduates from medical school, he is usually an intern for a year before he starts his own practice. <DD><B> 2. </B>a student in a professional field who receives in-service training under experienced supervision, such as a student teacher. <DD><B> 3. </B>an inmate. Also, <B>interne.</B> <DD><I>v.i. </I> to be an intern. </DL>
<B>internal, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>on the inside; inner. <BR> <I>Ex. the internal organs of the body. An accident often causes internal injuries as well as cuts and bruises.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to be taken inside the body. <BR> <I>Ex. Pills are internal remedies.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>entirely inside; coming from within; belonging to a thing or subject in itself; intrinsic. <BR> <I>Ex. Internal evidence of the date of a book is evidence obtained from the book itself.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>having to do with affairs within a country; domestic. <BR> <I>Ex. internal disturbances, internal politics.</I> <DD> See also <B>internal revenue.</B> <DD><B> 5. </B>of or belonging to the inner nature or life; of the mind or soul; subjective. <BR> <I>Ex. Thoughts are internal.</I> <DD><B> 6. </B>(British.) (of a student) having studied in the university where he is examined. <DD><B> 7. </B>(Anatomy.) situated inward from the surface of the body, or nearer the median line (used in the names of vessels, nerves, and the like, correlated with others called <I>external</I>). <DD><B> 8. </B>(Psychology.) coming from within the body of the individual, as a stimulus. <DD><I>noun </I> an intrinsic or essential attribute or quality. <BR><I>expr. <B>internals,</B> </I>the internal parts of the body; entrails. <BR> <I>Ex. We ... counted his teeth and compared his internals with those of the common species (James Wilson).</I> adv. <B>internally.</B> </DL>
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<B>internal-combustion, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having to do with or relating to internal-combustion engines. </DL>
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<B>internal-combustion engine,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>an engine in which power is produced by exploding a mixture of fuel and air inside the engine itself, usually inside cylinders. Gasoline engines and diesel engines are internal-combustion engines; steam engines are not. <DD><B> 2. </B>a gas turbine installation in which combustion occurs within a continuously flowing system. </DL>
<A NAME="internalear">
<B>internal ear,</B> <B>=inner ear.</B></DL>
<A NAME="internalenvironment">
<B>internal environment,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Biology.) the fluid in which the cells of the organs and tissues of the body exist. Too much or too little water or salt in the internal environment can damage or kill cells. </DL>
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<B>internality, </B>noun, pl. <B>-ties.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>state or quality of being internal. <DD><B> 2. </B>something internal. </DL>
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<B>internalization, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>(Psychology.) the act or process of internalizing. <DD><B> 2. </B>(U.S. Finance.) a system of trading securities within brokerage offices rather than transmitting trading orders to the floor of an exchange. <BR> <I>Ex. For the public, moreover, internalization could lead to drastic changes in the way that securities are bought and sold (Leonard Sloane).</I> </DL>
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<B>internalize, </B>transitive verb, <B>-ized,</B> <B>-izing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Psychology.) <DD><B> 1. </B>to adopt and assimilate (an idea, habit, custom, or mannerism) into the framework of one's personality. <DD><B> 2. </B>to withdraw (an emotion, problem, or thought) into oneself; repress; suppress. <BR> <I>Ex. Compared with the adolescent who internalizes his distress ... the delinquent has received a disproportionate share of attention (New York Times).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="internaljugularvein">
<B>internal jugular vein,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> either of two large veins in the neck that collect blood from the brain, face, and neck and return it toward the heart. </DL>
<A NAME="internalmedicine">
<B>internal medicine,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the branch of medicine dealing with the internal organs and the diagnosis and treatment of their diseases. </DL>
<A NAME="internalpollution">
<B>internal pollution,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> harmful ingestion of synthetic substances in drugs and foods. </DL>
<A NAME="internalrespiration">
<B>internal respiration,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide between the blood cells and the tissue cells; tissue respiration. </DL>
<A NAME="internalrevenue">
<B>internal revenue,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the revenue derived from taxes on domestic goods and incomes. The Internal Revenue Service in the United States government deals with the collection of these taxes. </DL>
<A NAME="internalrhyme">
<B>internal rhyme,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the rhyming of a word within a line of verse with a word at the end of the line. (Example:) <I>that orbed</I> maiden, <I>with white fire</I> laden (Shelley). </DL>
<A NAME="internals">
<B>internals, </B>noun pl.<DL COMPACT><DD> See under <B>internal.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="internalscrew">
<B>internal screw,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a hollow cylindrical part with an interior spiral thread to receive the thread of the external screw; female screw. </DL>
<A NAME="internalsecretion">
<B>internal secretion,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a substance secreted by a gland, discharged within the body; hormone. </DL>
<A NAME="internalsenses">
<B>internal senses,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the senses that are stimulated by changes taking place inside the body and regulate such feelings as hunger, fatigue, pain, and thirst; the interoceptive senses. </DL>
