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Intramural

adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Within the walls; within one institution, particularly a school.

    "Intramural sports involve teams that are all within the same school."

  2. 2
    Within the substance of the walls of an organ.

    "intramural pregnancy"

Adjective
  1. 1
    carried on within the bounds of an institution or community wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    A (usually sports) competition between teams belonging to the same school.

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Latin intramuralis, from intra (“within”) + muralis (“of a wall”).

Etymology 2

From Latin intramuralis, from intra (“within”) + muralis (“of a wall”).

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