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intramural

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Definition of intramural

adjective

  • 1situated or done within the walls of a building:both intramural and churchyard graves
  • 2chiefly North American taking place within a single educational institution:recreational intramural games
  • forming part of normal university or college studies.
  • situated or done within a community:an intramural social symbol within the tribe
  • 3 Medicine & Biology situated within the wall of a hollow organ or a cell:an intramural haematoma

Derivatives

intramurally

adverb

Origin:

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

intramural in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of intramural in the US English dictionary
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