internal
Within the body
Internal means situated within or occurring inside something.
Internal organs are inside the body.
Internal affairs concern matters within an organization or country rather than external relations.
Internal can also describe mental or emotional states—what happens in someone's mind rather than what they express outwardly: He kept his doubts internal.
The internal workings of a machine or system are its inner mechanisms.
Belonging by nature
- innateExisting since birth
- fundamentalForming the base
- essentialFundamentally necessary
- integralAntiderivative or crucial component
embedded · underlying · built-in · core · basic · constituent · elemental · inbuilt
Seat of consciousness
- thoughtMental concept or reflection
- emotionComplex psychological state
- psycheTotal mental life
- introspectionObserving one's own mind
consciousness · cognition · mental · awareness · subconscious · anxiety · conflict · dialogue
Body's working component
- anatomyStudy of organism structure
- visceralArising from deep instinct
- tissueDisposable soft paper
- cavityEmpty space within
bleeding · injury · hemorrhage · medicine · examination · physiological · biological · systemic
Restricted from disclosure
- confidentialMeant to stay secret
- undisclosedNot made known
- hiddenKept out of sight
- secretConcealed information
private · concealed · unrevealed · restricted · sensitive · proprietary · need-to-know · redacted
Matters requiring attention
- auditFormal accounts examination
- memoBrief internal message
- meetingGathering for discussion
- communicationExchanging ideas or information
investigation · review · policy · procedure · restructuring · promotion · transfer · candidate
intrinsic
Belonging by nature
- innateExisting since birth
- fundamentalForming the base
- essentialFundamentally necessary
integral · embedded · underlying · built-in · core · basic · constituent · elemental · inbuilt · immanent
mind
Seat of consciousness
introspection · consciousness · cognition · mental · awareness · subconscious · anxiety · conflict · dialogue · monologue
organ
Body's working component
cavity · bleeding · injury · hemorrhage · medicine · examination · physiological · biological · systemic · diagnostic
classified
Restricted from disclosure
- confidentialMeant to stay secret
- undisclosedNot made known
- hiddenKept out of sight
secret · private · concealed · unrevealed · restricted · sensitive · proprietary · need-to-know · redacted · sealed
affairs
Matters requiring attention
communication · investigation · review · policy · procedure · restructuring · promotion · transfer · candidate · stakeholder
- -al adjectivescultural, emotional, environmental, federal, financial
- IN- wordsinactive, incomplete, invisible, inside, indoor
- anatomy termsanterior, posterior, dorsal, ventral, medial
- unexpressedunspoken, unstated, unuttered, suppressed, implicit
- spatial adjectivesupper, lower, inner, outer, front
- innerinner, inward, within, inside, innermost
internalexternal
Located on outside
foreign · outside · international · external affairs · foreign affairs
- internal organsBodily structures within torsos
- internal affairsOfficers investigating officers
- internal bleedingBlood pooling inside tissues
- internal clockBody's innate timing mechanism
- internal conflictOpposing forces within someone
- internal combustionFuel ignites in cylinders
intern, internally, internalize, internalizes, internalized, internalizing, internalise, internalised, internalization