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The concept of internal has several uses in our language, such as understanding what takes place "within something", the reference to an individual who is hospitalized and a term commonly applied in Argentina to describe situations of debate business, union or political.

What happens inside something

To name what happens inside something, a house, a body, among others, we use the word internal. “My mother suffered internal bleeding during her operation but she is already out of danger”. "The grove is in the internal gallery of the house."

Intimate matters

On the other hand, the concept is often used to refer to those issues inherent to the spirit or that turn out to be very intimate. "She had strong internal reasons for declining the job offer that was made to her."

Person admitted to an institution

Likewise, the word is used to designate that person who remains hospitalized in some institution, whether educational, health or prison.

Physician who is specializing

In some Spanish-speaking places this word is used to refer to a doctor who has not yet culminated with his medical specialization and that by case he is doing internships in a hospital.

Confrontation between sides that are part of the same organization

Another very recurrent use of this term allows to account for that fight, confrontation that occurs between people, parties, who belong to an organization or to the same group, either politics, union, sports, among others.

Normally this type of confrontation generates fierce disputes between those involved and in some cases it even reaches the violence to settle the conflict. This is a fairly common situation in organizations political, sports and union policies, as we have already mentioned, where the dispute for power spaces is very normal. It is often plagued by intrigues that travel from one place to another, cross accusations and a significant level of tension between those who represent competing interests.

In politics, it is undoubtedly where we most find this state of affairs. All the procedures of government, in almost all its levels present internal among its members, in as much, we must say, that this situation always will cause complications and in this context it will be difficult to achieve objectives and agreements aimed at benefiting the community. Therefore, it is important that the minimum or no inmates scenario is achieved.

Elections held within political parties

And continuing within politics, the concept is used to designate those elections that take place within the parties themselves to determine who will be the candidates in the different electoral contests that take place in the country to which they belong.

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