Intermural

Quick meaning: Intermural is an adjective meaning Between walls; enclosed by walls.

Meaning

Between walls; enclosed by walls.

More Meanings

1. Occurring within the walls or boundaries of an organ or other biological structure.
2. Local to an exhibit or exhibition.
3. In house; internal to an organization.
4. Involving competition between institutions, especially sports competitions.
5. (art) Originating as street art but being curated and displayed in a gallery or museum.
6. A (usually sport) competition between teams from separate organizations.
7. A competition between teams from within the same organization.

Example Sentences

This intermural graveyard was attached to the Church of St. Mary-le-Strand, and has been closed for many years.

In Favosites and allied genera, the maximum size of the corallites is soon reached, and the expansion of the coral is mainly derived from intermural growth.

Under certain conditions tangential sections indicate that the zoœcial walls and the intermural space are seemingly pierced by communication pores or connecting foramina.

There are a number of low, longitudinal or circular, oviducal, mucosal folds in the intermural segment of the tube which disappear before reaching the oviducal opening at the apex of the papilla.

Word Forms

• intermurals

Synonyms for intermural

Depending on context, synonyms include extramural.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include extramural, intramural, interwall, intercavitary, intrasomatic, intralumenal.

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