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intramural, a.|ɪntrəˈmjʊərəl|
[f. intra- 1 + L. mūr-us wall: cf. mural, also in same sense, late L. intrāmūrānus.]
1. Situated, existing, or performed within the walls of a city or building.
1846Grote Greece ii. ii. II. 343 That expansion of the social and political feelings to which protected intra-mural residence and increased numbers gave birth. 1868M. Pattison Academ. Org. v. 316 If any proof could convince the advocates of intramural residence of the futility of ‘college discipline’. 1881Macm. Mag. Feb. 299 The practice of intramural interment which made the family hearth almost literally a tombstone.
2. Anat., Path., and Biol. Situated within the substance of the wall of a hollow organ, or of a cell.
1879St. George's Hosp. Rep. IX. 455 An intramural fibroid discovered; ergot administered. 1884Bower & Scott De Bary's Phaner. 206 Since the intra-mural glands,..when regarded purely histologically, are merely a special case of schizogenetic secretory cavities in the epidermis.
Add:[1.] b. Educ. Restricted to or taking place within a single educational establishment; esp. of sports activities, restricted to competition within the student body of one school or college. orig. and chiefly N. Amer.
1912Univ. Chicago Mag. Mar. 141 A withdrawal from intercollegiate athletics would give time and opportunity for the development of intramural athletics. 1922Athletic Jrnl. Dec. 24/2 Basketball is the most common interscholastic and intra-mural sport in both states. 1939Florida (Federal Writers' Project) i. 118 Negro schools..have interscholastic and intra-mural sports activities. 1973Pennsylvania Voice 10 Oct. 4/3, I prefer to remain anonymous. If you need to, you can get in touch with me at Rm. 2215, High-Rise North, intramural mail. 1988Financial Times 24 Aug. 10/5 There is nothing wrong..with intramural faculty brainstorming, but they regret assigning the popular general seminars..to this exclusive purpose. |