intramural


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
intramural /ˌɪntrəˈmjʊər(ə)l/
adjective
  • 1 situated or done within a building.

    chiefly N. Amer. within a single educational institution.

    ■ forming part of normal university or college studies.

  • 2 Medicine & Biology situated within a hollow organ or a cell.
  • 3 situated or done within a community.
– derivatives
intramurally adverb.
– origin C19: from intra- + L. murus ‘wall’ + -al.
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