Anal

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Anal \A"nal\, a. [From {Anus}.] (Anat.)
     Pertaining to, or situated near, the anus; as, the anal fin
     or glands.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  anal
       adj 1: of or related to the anus; "anal thermometer"
       2: a stage in psychosexual development when the child's
          interest is concentrated on the anal region; fixation at
          this stage is said to result in orderliness, meanness,
          stubbornness, compulsiveness, etc. [ant: {oral}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  55 Moby Thesaurus words for "anal":
     abdominal, accordant, appendical, bourgeois, cardiac, cecal, colic,
     colonic, compulsive, concordant, conformist, conventional,
     coronary, corresponding, dinky, duodenal, enteric, formalistic,
     gastric, harmonious, ileac, in accord, in keeping, in line,
     in step, intestinal, jejunal, kosher, mesogastric, neat, orthodox,
     pedantic, plastic, precisianistic, pyloric, rectal, shipshape,
     sleek, slick, smart, snug, splanchnic, spruce, square, straight,
     stuffy, tidy, tight, traditionalist, trig, trim, uptight, visceral,
     well-cared-for, well-groomed