anal

Meanings

Adjective

  • of, related to, intended for or involving the anus.
  • Of the stage in psychosexual development when the child's interest is alleged to be concentrated on the anal region.
  • Of a person, compulsive and stubborn, obsessed with neatness and accuracy, supposedly from not having progressed beyond the anal stage.
  • Proximate to the thorax.

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Origin

  • Borrowed from Latin ānālis.

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