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ex·tra·mu·ral

(ĕk′strə-myo͝or′əl)

adj.

Occurring or situated outside of the walls or boundaries, as of a community: the university's extramural courses.

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extramural

(ˌɛkstrəˈmjʊərəl)

adj

1. (Education) connected with but outside the normal courses or programme of a university, college, etc: extramural studies.

2. located beyond the boundaries or walls of a city, castle, etc

ˌextraˈmurally adv

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ex•tra•mu•ral

(ˌɛk strəˈmyʊər əl)

adj.

1. involving representatives of more than one school.

2. occurring outside the walls or boundaries, as of a town or university: extramural teaching. Compare intramural (defs. 1, 2).

[1850–55; extra- + mural]

ex`tra•mu′ral•ly, adv.

extramural

Located or taking place outside the boundaries of a college or university.

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Adj.

extramural - carried on outside the bounds of an institution or community; "extramural sports"

intramural - carried on within the bounds of an institution or community; "most of the students participated actively in the college's intramural sports program"

Translations

folkeuniversitets-

außerhalb

hors faculté public

iskolán kívüliszabadegyetemi

sem tengist ekki námi/skólautan veggja/endimarka

a domicilio fuori le mura

neakivaizdinisskirtas neakivaizdininkamsužklasinis

neklātienes-

utenomfaglig

mimofakultný

birinin kendi çalışma alanı dışındakiyarım zamanlı öğrencilere ait

大学外的校外的课外的

extramural

[ˈekstrəˈmjʊərəl] ADJ [course] → externo, de extensión (Univ) [activities] → extracurricular
Department of Extramural Studies (Brit) (Univ) → Departamento m de Cursos de Extensión

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extramural

adj (Brit Univ) extramural department selbstständige Abteilung für Teilzeitkurse, die allen zugänglich sind; I took an extramural course at the university → ich besuchte einen Teilzeitkurs an der Universität; extramural studies Teilzeitstudium außerhalb des normalen Universitätsprogramms; extramural activity → Zeitvertreib m → neben dem Studium; (esp hum: in spare time) → Freizeitaktivität f (hum)

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extramural

(ekstrəˈmjuərəl) adjective

1. (of teaching, lectures etc) for people who are not full-time students at a college etc. extramural lectures.

2. separate from or outside the area of one's studies (in a university etc). extramural activities.

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There was, at that period, a certain extramural teacher of anatomy, whom I shall here designate by the letter K.

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As such, translational research is conducted and supported throughout the institute, in our extramural grant program, in our intramural research, and in the work of the National Toxicology Program, to inform regulatory programs, activities, and policies.

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The definition of histopathologic extramural vascular invasion (EMVI) is tumor cells invading the veins beyond the muscularis propria, which indicates a poor prognosis in rectal cancer patients and has drawn great attention in the pathologic reporting of colorectal cancer (1, 2).

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These programmes congressionally require eligible governmental agencies to set aside a percentage of their extramural budget so that domestic small businesses can engage in R and D that has a strong potential for technology commercialisation.

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A previously underappreciated predictor of recurrence is extramural venous invasion (EMVI).

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The Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee passed a bipartisan reauthorization of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs, which receive a guaranteed percentage of federal agencies' extramural research and development budgets.

Senate committee passes SBIR/STTR reauthorization

Both extramural and intramural authors from these agencies will be depositing manuscripts into PMC; the articlea[euro][TM]s funding indication will appear in PubMed citations in the Grant Number [gr] field.

Grant Funding Organizations Added to PubMed: ASPR, NASA, NIST

The gift is to support the school's Extramural Sports Program, an after-school athletics program in which Perkins students compete with students from similar schools in the region.

Neighbor to Neighbor

Intramural neonates (born within our hospital) and extramural neonates (referred from outside) admitted to the NICU were screened for clinical sepsis according to the definition of Clinical Sepsis provided by Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and a primary blood culture was done on admission.

Surveillance of hospital acquired bloodstream infections in neonatal intensive care unit

This page also provides links to NIOSH childhood agriculture-related publications, reports of childhood agricultural fatality investigations, extramural funding and research opportunities, and other childhood agricultural injury prevention resources.