intramural
adjective
in·tra·mu·ral
ˌin-trə-ˈmyu̇r-əl 
-(ˌ)trä-
1
a
: competed only within the student body
intramural sports
b
: being or occurring within the limits usually of a community, organization, or institution
intramural squabbles
2
: situated or occurring within the substance of the walls of an organ
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With its Latin prefix intra-, "within" (not to be confused with inter-, "between"), intramural means literally "within the walls". The word is usually used for sports played between teams made up only from students at one campus. Intramural athletics is often the most popular extracurricular activity at a college or university.
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These intramural researchers can also communicate with collaborators, and the program officers who oversee extramural grants can talk to grantees about work funded prior to 20 January—and can meet in person if online meetings won’t suffice.
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Byjocelyn Kaiser, science.org, 27 Jan. 2025
These intramural divisions help to explain why the GCC has made so little progress toward collective defense.
—Aaron David Miller, Foreign Affairs, 24 July 2017
So, to waste time over a nonsensical intramural food fight is a joke.
—ABC News, 29 Dec. 2024
Riley’s body was discovered soon after behind a lake in a forested area near UGA’s intramural fields.
—David Matthews, New York Daily News, 12 Nov. 2024
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Byjocelyn Kaiser, science.org, 27 Jan. 2025
These intramural divisions help to explain why the GCC has made so little progress toward collective defense.
—Aaron David Miller, Foreign Affairs, 24 July 2017
So, to waste time over a nonsensical intramural food fight is a joke.
—ABC News, 29 Dec. 2024
Riley’s body was discovered soon after behind a lake in a forested area near UGA’s intramural fields.
—David Matthews, New York Daily News, 12 Nov. 2024
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“Intramural.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/intramural. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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intramural
adjective
in·tra·mu·ral
ˌin-trə-ˈmyu̇r-əl
ˌin-(ˌ)trä-
: being, occurring, or undertaken within the limits usually of a school
intramural sports
Medical Definition
intramural
adjective
in·tra·mu·ral
-ˈmyu̇r-əl
: situated or occurring within the substance of the walls of an organ
intramural infarction
failure of or delay in intramural myocardial conduction—American Journal of Cardiology
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