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extra- prefix.
[(chiefly medieval) Latin extra- from classical Latin extra outside, beyond: see EXTRA preposition. In classical Latin and late Latin in a few adjectives: see EXTRAMUNDANE, EXTRAORDINARY.]
Forming adjectives (usu. f adjectives) with the senses 'situated outside', 'not coming within the scope of'. Opp. INTRA-.
extra'cellular adjective (Biology) situated or occurring outside a cell M19.
extra'cellularly adverb (Biology) outside a cell L19.
extracor'poreal adjective (involving something) situated or occurring outside the body M19.
extracor'poreally adverb outside the body E20.
extra'cranial adjective situated or occurring outside the skull L19.
extracu'rricular adjective not coming within the scope of the normal curriculum; fig. outside the normal routine, esp. extramarital: E20.
extra'dural adjective (Medicine) = EPIDURAL adjective E20.
extra-e'ssential adjective not included in the essence of something M17.
extra-e'ssentially adverb as something extra-essential M17.
extra-Euro'pean adjective situated or occurring outside Europe; pertaining to matters outside Europe; (of a plant or animal) not found in Europe: E19.
extrafa'milial adjective outside the family M20.
extra'floral adjective (Botany) (of a nectary) situated outside a flower, esp. on a leaf or stem M19.
extraga'lactic adjective situated, occurring, or originating outside the Galaxy M19.
extrahe'patic adjective situated or occurring outside or beyond the liver M20.
extra-'illustrated adjective (of a book) having pictures stuck into it from another source M20.
extra-illu'stration noun the action or practice of sticking pictures into a book from another source E20.
extra-'illustrator noun a person who practises extra-illustration L19.
extra'legal adjective that is beyond the province of law, not regulated by law M17.
extra'legally adverb as an extralegal matter or act M20.
extra'limital adjective situated, occurring, or derived from outside a particular area L19.
extralin'guistic adjective that is outside the field of linguistics or bounds of language E20.
extra'literary adjective that is outside the province of literature M20.
extra'logical adjective that lies outside the legitimate domain of logic M19.
extra'marital adjective involving or constituting a (usu. sexual) relationship between a married person and someone other than his or her spouse E20.
extra'maritally adverb in an extramarital way M20.
extra-'metrical adjective that represents a syllable additional to what the metre requires or will accommodate M19.
extra-'musical adjective that is outside the field of music, or not an intrinsic part of music E20.
extra-parlia'mentary adjective occurring or existing outside or independently of Parliament L19.
extra-pa'rochial adjective that is outside the limits of a parish, or exempt from parish obligations (lit. & fig.) L17.
extra'punitive adjective (Psychology) of, pertaining to, or designating a person who reacts aggressively to frustration, or unreasonably blames events or other people M20.
extra'punitively adverb (Psychology) in an extrapunitive manner M20.
extra'punitiveness noun (Psychology) extrapunitive quality M20.
extrapyra'midal adjective (Anatomy) involving or designating nerves concerned with motor activity that descend from the cortex to the spine and are not part of the pyramidal system E20.
extra'sensory adjective (regarded as) derived by means other than the known senses, e.g. by telepathy, clairvoyance, etc. (
extrasensory perception, a person's supposed faculty of perceiving by such means) M20.
extraso'matic adjective deriving from events external to an individual M20.
extra'systole noun (Medicine) a heartbeat outside the normal rhythm E20.
extrate'rrestrial adjective & noun (a being, esp. an intelligent one) existing or occurring beyond the earth's atmosphere M19.
extrate'rrestrially adverb elsewhere than on or in the earth or its atmosphere M20.
extra'tropical adjective situated, existing, or occurring outside the tropics L18.
extra-'uterine adjective existing, formed, or occurring outside the uterus E18.
extra'vascular adjective situated or occurring outside the vascular system; not vascular in nature: E19.
extra'vascularly adverb outside the vascular system E20.
extrave'hicular adjective occurring outside a spacecraft in space M20.