extramural

[ ek-struh-myoor-uhl ]

adjective

1. involving representatives of more than one school:

   extramural athletics.

2. outside the walls or boundaries, as of a city or town or a university: Compare intramural ( defs 1, 2 ).

   extramural teaching; an extramural church.

extramural

/ ˌɛkstrəˈmjʊərəl /

adjective

1. connected with but outside the normal courses or programme of a university, college, etc

   extramural studies

2. located beyond the boundaries or walls of a city, castle, etc

Derived Forms

• ˌextraˈmurally, adverb

Other Words From

• extra·mural·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of extramural¹

1850–55; extra- + mural. Compare Late Latin extramūrānus, in same sense

Example Sentences

The NIH Office of Extramural Research declined to discuss Rhapsody or Zlokovic, citing confidentiality regarding grant deliberations.

From Los Angeles Times

Mead also brought along a powerful funder, John Eberhardt, the director of NIMH’s extramural research, who hovered in the background as an “interested observer.”

From Slate

A spokesperson for NIH’s Office of Extramural Research would not comment on the specifics of the case.

From Los Angeles Times

As the NIH Office of Extramural Research explained to Salon, "The Request for Information seeks input at this time on proposed guidance for use of laboratory cephalopods in research, research training, experimentation or biological testing, or for related purposes," with a deadline of Dec. 23, 2023.

From Salon

As Sappol noted, “Medical students were wild about anatomical dissection, and they did a lot of extracurricular and extramural grave robbing, especially in places where there wasn’t a legal source of bodies.”

From Slate

Related Words

• farther
• foreign
• out