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extramural

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ex⋅tra⋅mu⋅ral

  [ek-struh-myoor-uhl]
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–adjective
1. involving representatives of more than one school: extramural athletics.
2. outside the walls or boundaries, as of a city or town or a university: extramural teaching; an extramural church. Compare intramural (defs. 1, 2).
Origin:
1850–55; extra- + mural. Compare LL extramūrānus, in same sense

Related forms:
ex⋅tra⋅mu⋅ral⋅ly, adverb
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ex·tra·mu·ral   (ěk'strə-myŏŏr'əl)   
adj.  Occurring or situated outside of the walls or boundaries, as of a community: the university's extramural courses.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: ex·tra·mu·ral
Pronunciation: -'myur-&l
Function: adjective
: existing or functioning outside or beyond the walls,boundaries, or precincts of an organized unit <extramural medical care provided by hospital personnel> —ex·tra·mu·ral·ly /-&-lE/ adverb
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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