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extramural
[ ek-struh-myoor-uhl ]
/ ˌɛk strəˈmyʊər əl /
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adjective
involving representatives of more than one school: extramural athletics.
outside the walls or boundaries, as of a city or town or a university: extramural teaching; an extramural church.Compare intramural (defs. 1, 2).
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OTHER WORDS FROM extramural
ex·tra·mu·ral·ly, adverbWords nearby extramural
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British Dictionary definitions for extramural
extramural
/ (ˌɛkstrəˈmjʊərəl) /
adjective
connected with but outside the normal courses or programme of a university, college, etcextramural studies
located beyond the boundaries or walls of a city, castle, etc
Derived forms of extramural
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