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   ex·tra·mu·ral

   /ˌekstrəˈmyo͝orəl/

   adjective

   • 1. outside the walls or boundaries of a town, college, or institution: "extramural researchers"
   • ▪ additional to one's work or course of study and typically not connected with it: "extramural activities"
   • ▪ (of a course of study) arranged for people who are not full-time members of a university or other educational establishment.

   Word Origin mid 19th century (in extramural (sense 2 of the adjective)): from Latin extra muros ‘outside the walls’ + -al.

   Derivatives

   • 1. extramurally adverb

   Scrabble Points: 19

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