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1. An essential or inherent part of a something such as a structure.2. Coming from within, from the inside. Proteins have intrinsic signals that govern their transport and localization in the cell.From the Latin intrinsecus meaning situated on the inside. The opposite of intrinsic is extrinsic.

1) Into a vein. Intravenous (IV) medications are a solutions administered directly into the venous circulation via a syringe or intravenous catheter (tube). 2) The actual solution that is administered intravenously. 3) The device used to administer an intravenous solution, such as the familiar IV drip.

In the uterus.

Within the mouth.

During surgery.

The pressure created by the continual renewal of fluids within the eye. The intraocular pressure is increased in glaucoma. In acute angle-closure glaucoma, the intraocular pressure rises because the canal into which the fluid in the front part of the eye normally drains is suddenly blocked. In chronic glaucoma, there is a gradual imbalance between the production and removal (resorption) of…

An artificial lens made of plastic, silicone, acrylic or other material that is implanted in the eye during cataract surgery. Abbreviated IOL.

In the eye. For example, intraocular pressure is the pressure within the eye.

An intramuscular (IM) medication is given by needle into the muscle. This is as opposed to a medication that is given by a needle, for example, into the skin (intradermal) or just below the skin (subcutaneous) or into a vein.

Within the liver. For example, a liver tumor is an intrahepatic growth.