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[syn: anal, anal retentive]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Anal \A"nal\, a. [From Anus.] (Anat.)
Pertaining to, or situated near, the anus; as, the anal fin
or glands.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
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. [syn: anal, anal retentive] [ant:
oral]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
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