Dictionary Definition
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]
User Contributed Dictionary
see Anal
English
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -eɪnəl
Adjective
- of, related to, intended for or involving the anus
- anal thermometer
- of the stage in psychosexual development when the child's interest is concentrated on the anal region.
- of a person, obsessed with neatness, accuracy, compulsiveness and stubbornness, supposedly from not having progressed beyond the anal stage.
Translations
of, related to, intended for or involving the
anus
- Italian: anale
- Portuguese: anal
- Spanish: anal
of the stage in psychosexual development
- Portuguese: anal
- Spanish: anal
of a person, obsessed with neatness, accuracy,
compulsiveness and stubbornness,
- Russian: буквоед
- Spanish: fastidioso
Noun
- (sex) abbreviated form of anal sex
Synonyms
- (3): fussy, pernickety, picky
See also
Breton
Noun
anal fFrench
Pronunciation
/a.nal/|lang=frAdjective
- anal
Portuguese
Adjective
- anal
Romanian
Pronunciation
Adjective
- anal
Declension
Extensive Definition
Anus Related meanings:
- Anal bleaching, is the practice of bleaching the darker pigmentation of the skin around the anus.
- Anal fissure
- Anal retentive, describing a person overly uptight or distressed over ordinarily minor problems.
- Anal sex, sexual activity involving the anus.
- Anal stage, a term used by Sigmund Freud to describe the development during the second year of life, in which a child's pleasure and conflict centers are in the anal area.
- Anal wink
- Fisting
- The Muscles of the Anal Region
- Perineal reflex
- Rectal ampulla
- Reflex anal dilatation
Anal can also mean:
- Anal language, a Kuki-Chin-Naga language of India and Myanmar, part of the Sino-Tibetan language family.
anal in German: Anal
anal in French: Anal
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
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