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anal1 definition

anal (ā′nəl)

adjective

  1. of or near the anus
  2. Psychoanalysis
    1. designating or of the second stage of psychosexual development, in which interest centers in excretory functions
    2. designating or of such traits in the adult as orderliness, stinginess, and obstinacy, regarded as unconscious psychic residues of that stage
  3. Informal excessively or obsessively orderly, stingy, stubborn, etc.

Etymology: ModL analis < anus, anus

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anal2 definition

anal

  1. analogy
  2. analysis
  3. analytic

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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