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intramural

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in⋅tra⋅mu⋅ral

  [in-truh-myoor-uhl]
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–adjective
1. involving only students at the same school or college: intramural athletics.
2. within the walls, boundaries, or enclosing units, as of a city, institution, or building. Compare extramural.
3. Anatomy. being within the substance of a wall, as of an organ.
4. involving or understood only by members of a single group, profession, etc.: an intramural medical conference.
Origin:
1840–50; intra- + mural

Related forms:
in⋅tra⋅mu⋅ral⋅ly, adverb
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in·tra·mu·ral   (ĭn'trə-myŏŏr'əl)   
adj.  

  1. Existing or carried on within the bounds of an institution, especially a school: intramural athletics.

  2. Anatomy Occurring or situated within the wall of a cavity or organ.

in'tra·mu'ral·ly adv.
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Word Origin & History

intramural 
1846, lit. "within the walls," from intra- "within" + L. murus "wall." Activity "within the walls" of a city, building, community, institution. Equivalent to L.L. intramuranus.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: in·tra·mu·ral
Pronunciation: -'myur-&l
Function: adjective
: situated or occurring within the substance of the walls ofan organ <intramural infarction> intramural myocardial conduction —American Journal of Cardiology> —in·tra·mu·ral·ly /-&-lE/ adverb
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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