| intramural | 1. Being within the walls, as of a city. 2. <anatomy> Being within the substance of the walls of an organ; as, intramural pregnancy. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| intramural bowel gas | <radiology> Pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis, necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) - infants, mesenteric vascular thrombosis, necrosis due to strangulated obstruction, toxic ulcerative colitis, ulceration proximal to obstructing carcinoma, post-surgical changes (12 Dec 1998) |
| intramural oesophageal dissection | <radiology> Submucosal dissecting haematoma, haematemesis, chest pain, double-barreled lumen, Treatment: none (supportive) see: oesophageal trauma (12 Dec 1998) |
| intramural practice | Delivery of health care services by university faculties or full-time hospital staff conducted within the physical confines of their respective medical centres. (05 Mar 2000) |
| intramural pregnancy | Development of the fertilised ovum in the uterine portion of the fallopian tube. Synonym: interstitial pregnancy, tubouterine pregnancy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| oesophageal intramural pseudo-diverticulosis | <radiology> Dilated submucosal glands and ducts, similar to Rokitansky-Aschoff sinuses of gall bladder, XR: multiple intramural tics, often on one view only, secondary to oesophagitis, relatively asymptomatic, with or without stricture, with or without candidiasis (12 Dec 1998) |
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