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a combining form meaning “within,” used in the formation of compound words: entoderm.
Origin:
comb. form repr. Gk entós
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ento- or ent-  
pref.  Inside; within: entoblast.

[New Latin, from Greek entos, within; see en in Indo-European roots.]
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Word Origin & History

ento- 
"within, inside, inner," from Gk. ento-, comb. form of entos "within, inside" (cognate of L. intus), from PIE *entos, from *en- "in" + adv. suffix -tos, denoting origin.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

ento- or ent-
pref.
Inside; within: entozoon.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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