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illegal
direct
indirect
regular
irregular
moral
immoral
official
unofficial
respectful
disrespectful
typical
atypical
scientific
non-scientific*
scientific
pseudo-scientific*
normal
abnormal
*Note the difference in meaning between non-scientific and
pseudo-scientific, i.e. the opposite and negative meaning are
NOT the same thing.
Adjectives:
Prefixes Denoting
Situation/Place
Prefix
Table 5
Meaning
extra-
outside
intra-
inside
inter-
between
para-
beside
peri-
around
sub-
underneath
infra-
below
supra-
above
retro-
behind
Examples
outside the cells
extracellular
inside the veins
intravenous
inside the muscle
intramuscular
between the vertebrae
intervertebral
beside the nose (nasum)
paranasal
around the tooth
peri(o)dontal
subcostal
underneath the epidermis
subepidermal
below the sternum
infrasternal
above the orbit
supraorbital
behind the doudenum
retroduodenal
* More on the formation of adjectives related to anatomy,
i.e. adjectives with Latin roots and compound adjectives
in Unit 9 Adjectives.
indicate - contraindicate
activate- deactivate
connect- disconnect
calculate- miscalculate
do- undo
feed- underfeed
build- rebuild
plant- transplant
Other Prefixes
Table 6
Prefix
Meaning
Example
ambi-
both
ambidextrous
ante-
before
antenatal
anti-
opposite
antibiotic
auto-
self
autoimmune
bio-
biological, life
biodegradable
co-
with, joint
cooperation
counter-
against
counterdrug
circum-
around
circumcision
eco-
1) house
2) ecological
1) economy
2) ecosystem
endo-
inside
endogenous
exo-
outside
exogenous
geo-
related to the
Earth
geodesic
Prefix
Meaning
Example
hetero-
different
heterosexual
homo-
same
homosexual
hyper-
high, extra,
over
hypersensitive
hypo-
under, below,
low
hypothermia
hydro-
related to
water
hydrophobic
kilo-
a thousand
kilogram
micro-
extremely
small/tiny
microbacillus
mini-
small
minivan
maxi-
mega- ,
meaglo-
extremely
large/big
megastore
megalopolis
milli-
one
thousandth
part
milligram
Prefix
Meaning
Example
pro-
proto-
first, original
prototype
super-
over, more
than, better,
above
superpower
self-
self
self-inflicted
tele-
at a distance
television
ultra-
1) beyond
2) extreme
1) ultrasound
2) ultralight