intramural

[ in-truh-myoo r-uh l ]
/ ˌɪn trəˈmyʊər əl /
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adjective

involving only students at the same school or college: intramural athletics.
within the walls, boundaries, or enclosing units, as of a city, institution, or building. Compare extramural.
Anatomy. being within the substance of a wall, as of an organ.
involving or understood only by members of a single group, profession, etc.: an intramural medical conference.

Origin of intramural

First recorded in 1840–50; intra- + mural

OTHER WORDS FROM intramural

in·tra·mu·ral·ly, adverb

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH intramural

intermural intramural

Words nearby intramural

intralobular duct, intramarginal, intramedullary, intramolecular, intramundane, intramural, intramural hematoma, intramural pregnancy, intramuscular, intranasal, intranasal anesthesia

Words related to intramural

indoors, domestic, constitutional, private, subjective, national, in-house, internal, indigenous, central, intestine, native, inner, innermost, inward, surrounded, civic, enclosed, gut, home

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British Dictionary definitions for intramural

intramural
/ (ˌɪntrəˈmjʊərəl) /

adjective

education, mainly US and Canadian operating within or involving those in a single establishment
anatomy within the walls of a cavity or hollow organ

Derived forms of intramural

intramurally, adverb