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   In·tra·mu·ral

   /ˌintrəˈmyo͞or(ə)l/

   

   adjective

   • 1. situated or done within the walls of a building: "both intramural and churchyard graves"
   • ▪ taking place within a single educational institution: "recreational intramural games"
   • ▪ forming part of normal university or college studies.
   • ▪ situated within the wall of a hollow organ or a cell: "an intramural hematoma"
   • ▪ situated or done within a community: "an intramural social symbol within the tribe"

   Word Origin mid 19th century: from intra- ‘within’ + Latin murus ‘wall’ + -al.

   Derivatives

   • 1. intramurally adverb

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