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   In·trin·sic

   /inˈtrinzik/

   

   adjective

   • 1. belonging naturally; essential: "access to the arts is intrinsic to a high quality of life"
   • ▪ (of a muscle) contained wholly within the organ on which it acts.

   Word Origin late 15th century (in the general sense ‘interior, inner’): from French intrinsèque, from late Latin intrinsecus, from the earlier adverb intrinsecus ‘inwardly, inwards’.

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