Some drugs can cause internal bleeding, for example in the stomach or liver.
Ointments and lotions are applied externally, but for internal drug action, oral and parenteral routes of administration are used.
Internal means located, acting, or effective within the body.
Examples of 'internal' in a sentence
internal
My internal organs were queueing up in my throat.
The Sun (2016)
Tests disclosed that he had suffered internal bleeding from a ruptured spleen.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
It changed with a single invention: the internal combustion engine.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
This includes internal flights, gratuities and most drinks.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The inquiry is now conducting an internal review as to whether the fact-finding should proceed.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
They have been placed under surveillance by the French internal security agency.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Government should reserve slots for internal flights, too.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Last month it emerged that all investigative strands would be retained after an internal review concluded that it should not be scaled back.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
It boosts your immune system, reduces your chance of getting a cold and keeps your internal organs working efficiently.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Neither has spoken in public, although Sky have conducted an internal inquiry and said they found no wrongdoing.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
It is powered by electric motors and a small internal combustion engine.
The Sun (2010)
Two employees left the company after an internal review of executive compensation.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
They knocked through two internal walls to connect three rooms.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The police insist that they had a case but are holding an internal inquiry anyway.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
This triggers massive internal bleeding that can kill rapidly.
The Sun (2008)
This may occur due to internal bleeding.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
How does an internal combustion engine work?
Porush, David A Short Guide to Writing About Science (1995)
Each internal organ of the fish and its bones can be seen clearly throughout its life.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The bank will also hire a consultant to review internal controls.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
They do so principally for reasons internal to the two largest parties.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
He said that an internal inquiry would be held.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
He had internal bleeding and a brain haemorrhage and was in a coma for six months.
The Sun (2009)
Anyone who can overhaul an internal combustion engine can hold his own in the intelligence department.
Christianity Today (2000)
That could change after an internal review.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Such radical changes in our foreign economic policies will lead to great changes in our internal ones as well.
Aganbegyan, Abel Inside Perestroika: The Future of the Soviet Economy (1990)
The chain said initial investigations suggested an outside hacker was not to blame and the firm was urgently reviewing internal security.
The Sun (2014)
Does a plot hatched abroad but aimed at the homeland properly lie with an internal security service or an external intelligence agency?
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The internal flights were more expensive than getting to Goa.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
It has also agreed to reimburse his expenses for the additional internal flight in Ethiopia.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
For the other two or three, you risk having to take internal flights.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
While there was no evidence of foul play, there were no internal organs left to examine.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
We have two internal body clocks - the primary one is influenced by daylight and controls your sleep via the food.
The Sun (2014)
In other languages
internal
British English: internal /ɪnˈtɜːnl/ ADJECTIVE
You use internal to describe things that exist or happen inside a place or organization.
The country increased internal security.
American English: internal
Arabic: دَاخِلِيٌّ
Brazilian Portuguese: interno
Chinese: 内部的
Croatian: unutrašnji
Czech: interní
Danish: indre
Dutch: intern
European Spanish: interno
Finnish: sisäinen
French: interne
German: intern
Greek: ενδόμυχος
Italian: interno
Japanese: 内部の
Korean: 내부의
Norwegian: intern
Polish: wewnętrzny
European Portuguese: interno
Romanian: intern
Russian: внутренний
Latin American Spanish: interno interior
Swedish: inre
Thai: ภายใน
Turkish: iç organ vb
Ukrainian: внутрішній
Vietnamese: nội bộ
All related terms of 'internal'
internal ear
the part of the ear that consists of the cochlea , vestibule , and semicircular canals
internal audit
an audit of a company's finances that is carried out by employees of the company
internal clock
See biological clock
internal energy
the thermodynamic property of a system that changes by an amount equal to the work done on the system when it suffers an adiabatic change. It is the sum of the kinetic and potential energies of its constituent atoms , molecules , etc
internal exile
the condition or a period of enforced removal from one's home or community to another place, usually remote , within the same country
internal market
a system in which goods and services are sold by the provider to a range of purchasers within the same organization, who compete to establish the price of the product
internal matter
A matter is a task , situation, or event which you have to deal with or think about, especially one that involves problems.
internal review
A review of a situation or system is its formal examination by people in authority. This is usually done in order to see whether it can be improved or corrected .
internal rhyme
rhyme that occurs between words within a verse line
internal spline
any one of a series of grooves in a mating part into which external splines fit to prevent movement between two parts, esp in transmitting torque
internal auditor
a person who carries out an internal audit
internal capsule
a broad band of white fibres near the thalamus in each cerebral hemisphere
internal dialogue
A dialogue is a conversation between two people in a book, film, or play.
internal examiner
an examiner from the same college or university as the students who are being examined
internal medicine
the branch of medical science concerned with the diagnosis and nonsurgical treatment of disorders of the internal structures of the body
internal politics
Politics can be used to talk about the ways that power is shared in an organization and the ways it is affected by personal relationships between people who work together. The verb that follows politics may be either singular or plural .
internal relation
a relation that necessarily holds between its relata , as 4 is greater than 2
internal revenue
government income derived from taxes , etc, within the country
internal secretion
a secretion , esp a hormone , that is absorbed directly into the blood
internal appointment
The appointment of a person to a particular job is the choice of that person to do it.
internal contradiction
If you describe an aspect of a situation as a contradiction , you mean that it is completely different from other aspects, and so makes the situation confused or difficult to understand .
internal procedures
A procedure is a way of doing something, especially the usual or correct way.
internal resistance
the resistance of a cell, accumulator , etc, usually given as ( E - V )/ I , where E is the emf of the cell, and V the potential difference between terminals when it is delivering a current I
internal respiration
the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide between the blood or lymph and the body cells
internal reconstruction
the hypothetical reconstruction of an earlier stage of a language or of some part of it, as its phonology , by deductions from irregularities in its present structure, as the reconstruction of a stage in English when certain instances of r were related to s in a systematic way by comparing the pair was:were to other pairs, as lose : forlorn
Internal Revenue Service
the US tax department
internal-combustion engine
An internal combustion engine is an engine that creates its energy by burning fuel inside itself. Most cars have internal combustion engines.
internal rate of return
an interest rate giving a net present value of zero when applied to the expected cash flow of a project . Its value, compared to the cost of the capital involved, is used to determine the project's viability
Internal Security Committee
→ the Internal Security Committee
total internal reflection
the complete reflection of a light ray at the boundary of two media , when the ray is in the medium with greater refractive index
the Internal Security Committee
a committee of the US House of Representatives that was abolished in 1975. Prior to its renaming in 1969, it was known as the House Un-American Activities Committee, and was notorious for its anti-Communist investigations in the late 1940s and 1950s
iliac artery
either of two large arteries that conduct blood to the pelvis and the legs
total reflection
the effect that occurs when light meets the interface between the medium in which it is traveling and a medium of smaller refractive index at an angle of incidence greater than the critical angle, all light being reflected back to the first medium
Chinese translation of 'internal'
internal
(ɪnˈtəːnl)
adj
[wall, dispute, reform, mail]内(內)部的 (nèibù de)
[bleeding, injury, examination]内(內)的 (nèi de)
[security, politics]国(國)内(內)的 (guónèi de)
1 (adjective)
Definition
of a nation's domestic affairs
The country stepped up internal security.
Synonyms
domestic
sales in the domestic market
home
Europe's software companies still have a growing home market.
national
local
civic
the civic leaders of Manchester
in-house
intramural
2 (adjective)
Definition
of, situated on, or suitable for the inside
Some of the internal walls are made of plasterboard.
Synonyms
inner
She got up and went into an inner office.
inside
four-berth inside cabins with en suite bathrooms
interior
He turned on the interior light and examined the map.
Opposites
outside
,
external
,
outer
,
exterior
,
outermost
3 (adjective)
Definition
spiritual or mental
The personal, internal battle is beautifully portrayed.
Synonyms
emotional
Victims are left with emotional problems that can last for life.
mental
private
He held a private meeting with the country's political party leaders.
secret
I was heading on a secret mission that made my flesh crawl.
subjective
We know that taste in art is a subjective matter.
Opposites
revealed
,
exposed
,
unconcealed
Additional synonyms
in the sense of civic
Definition
of a city or citizens
the civic leaders of Manchester
Synonyms
public,
community,
borough,
municipal,
communal,
urban,
local
in the sense of home
Definition
of one's home, birthplace, or native country
Europe's software companies still have a growing home market.