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adjective

Intramural adj.

Being within the walls, as of a city.

Hence: Of or pertaining to those activities occurring within a single institution or organization, such as intramural sports involving students of a single school; an intramural debate within a professional society.

(Anat. & Med.) Being within the substance of the walls of an organ; as, intramural pregnancy.

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Etymology of 'Intramural'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Intramural" Quotes from Famous Books

... is perfect. Just large enough to allow the grace of order in domestic circumstance; just that superfluity of intramural space, to lack which is to be less than at one's ease. The fabric is sound; the work in wood and plaster tells of a more leisurely and a more honest age than ours. The stairs do not creak under my step; I am waylaid by no unkindly draught; I can open or close a window without muscle-ache. As to such ...

— The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft • George Gissing

... disgusted with Yonkers, and returned to my intramural boarding-house in St. John's Park. The sidewalk near the house was in a dilapidated state, through the carelessness of the contractor, who had stipulated to pave it properly, but had not paved it at all, except with good intentions. And therefore, ...

— Humorous Masterpieces from American Literature • Various

Words linked to "Intramural" : extramural, intragroup, internal