intrinsic
Adjective
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Belonging to a thing by its very nature (synset 301351106)
"form was treated as something intrinsic, as the very essence of the thing"also:
- inalienable, unalienable - incapable of being repudiated or transferred to another
- essential - basic and fundamental
similar to:same as: intrinsical -
Situated within or belonging solely to the organ or body part on which it acts (synset 300952582)
"intrinsic muscles"referred to in: anatomy, general anatomy - the branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animalssimilar to: internal - happening or arising or located within some limits or especially surface
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