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intramural

Syllabification: (in·tra·mu·ral)

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Definition of intramural

adjective

  • situated or done within the walls of a building:both intramural and churchyard graves
  • taking place within a single educational institution:recreational intramural games
  • forming part of normal university or college studies.
  • Medicine & Biology situated within the wall of a hollow organ or a cell:an intramural hematoma
  • situated or done within a community:an intramural social symbol within the tribe

Derivatives

intramurally

adverb

Origin:

mid 19th century: from intra- 'within' + Latin murus 'wall' + -al

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