intramural

[ in-truh-myoor-uhl ]

adjective

1. involving only students at the same school or college:

   intramural athletics.

2. within the walls, boundaries, or enclosing units, as of a city, institution, or building. Compare extramural.
3. Anatomy. being within the substance of a wall, as of an organ.
4. involving or understood only by members of a single group, profession, etc.:

   an intramural medical conference.

intramural

/ ˌɪntrəˈmjʊərəl /

adjective

1. education operating within or involving those in a single establishment
2. anatomy within the walls of a cavity or hollow organ

Derived Forms

• ˌintraˈmurally, adverb

Other Words From

• intra·mural·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of intramural¹

First recorded in 1840–50; intra- + mural

Example Sentences

“Intramural Air Force softball really prepared me for the big leagues,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times

Doucette started playing flag football in the Xavier University intramural league.

From Los Angeles Times

This work was supported by the intramural research program of the U.S.

From Science Daily

The research reported in this press release was supported by the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Diseases grants R01-DC-016364, R01-DC-018539, R01-DC-015426 and the Intramural Research Program at the National Institute on Drug Abuse grant ZIA DA000642, all of the National Institutes of Health.

From Science Daily

This research was supported in part by the Intramural Research Program of the NIH; NCI; and NIH grants R01CA231300, R01CA204302, R01CA211052, R01CA169338 and U54CA224081.

From Science Daily

Related Words

• constitutional
• domestic
• in-house
• national
• private
• subjective