See Also: Anal(medicine)
anal pit(medicine)
anal(dictionary)
anal(dictionary)
anal sac(medicine)
anal valves(medicine)
anal triangle(medicine)
supra-anal(medicine)
Anal atresia(health)
Anal cancer(health)

anal (iou)



anal adjective. M18.
[mod. Latin analis: see ANUS, -AL1. Cf. French anal.]
Of or pertaining to the anus; situated near the anus. M18.
Psychology. Designating or pertaining to a stage of infantile psychosexual development that is thought to involve a preoccupation with the anus and defecation; of or pertaining to a personality supposed to be the result of fixation at this stage. E20.
Special collocations & comb.: anal-erotic adjective & noun (Psychology) (a) adjective pertaining to or characterized by eroticism associated with the anal region; (b) noun a person characterized by such eroticism. anal retentive Psychology (a person) displaying excessive orderliness and parsimony (interpreted as the result of conflict over toilet-training in infancy). anal sadism Psychology abnormal aggressive and destructive tendencies thought to be caused by fixation at the anal stage of development. anal sadistic adjective (Psychology) displaying anal sadism.
a'nality noun (Psychology) anal quality or character M20.
anally adverb via the anus L20.