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intro- (iou)



intro- prefix.
[Latin intro adverb 'to the inside'.]
In words adopted from Latin and in English formations modelled on these, and as a freely productive prefix, with the senses 'within', 'inwards'.
intro-'active adjective having the property of acting within; mutually active: M19.
intro'essive adjective & noun (Grammar) (designating, being in, or pertaining to) the case which expresses 'motion into' E20.
intro'flexed ppl adjective bent or curved inwards M19.
intro'flexion noun an inward bending or curvature M19.
intromo'lecular adjective (rare) intramolecular L19.
intro'pulsive adjective having the quality of driving inwards E19.
intro'suction noun (long rare) the action of sucking inwards M17.