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Affixes
ent(o)-
Within; inside.
Greek entos, within.
A visual image that is entoptic occurs or originates inside the eye; an entamoeba is an amoeba that typically lives harmlessly in the gut; the Entoprocta is a small phylum of sedentary aquatic invertebrates (Greek prōktos, anus, the anus being within a ring of tentacles). Other examples are relatively rare or are variant forms of those in endo‑.
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