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Definition of Extramural
1. Adjective. Carried on outside the bounds of an institution or community. "Extramural sports"
Definition of Extramural
1. a. Outside of the walls, as of a fortified or walled city.
Definition of Extramural
1. Adjective. taking place outside the walls of an institution, especially a school or university ¹
2. Adjective. describing teaching of students who are not resident at such an institution ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Extramural
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Extramural
1. Outside, not in the substance of, the wall of a part. Origin: extra-+ L. Murus, wall (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Extramural
Literary usage of Extramural
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1908)
"In connection with this scheme and with the general question of extramural
interments he wrote ' extramural Burial,' 1850 ; ' extramural Sepulture,' 1850 ..."
2. Proceedings of the second Pan American scientific congress: Washington, U. S by Glen Levin Swiggett (1917)
"By including both of the terms—extramural services and university extension—it
is evidently intended to cover university extension work which may be ..."
3. Hearing Loss Research at NIOSH: Reviews of Research Programs of the National by Institute of Medicine (U. S.) (2006)
"extramural RESEARCH Slightly more than $14 million, or about 30 percent of the
total expenditures of the NIOSH Hearing Loss Research Program between FY 1997 ..."
4. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"... and less sectarian, and in its higher departments shows a growing catholicity
towards the more modern aspects of thought and life. tioned extramural ..."
5. The Ecclesiologist by Ecclesiological Society (1850)
"ON extramural INTERMENT. Report of the General Scheme for extramural Sepulture.
Presented to both Houses by command of Her Majesty. Pp. 172. ..."
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