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Pro-ana, the Pro-ana groups.

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  1. noun A collection of various materials that reflect the character of a person or place: definitive ana of the early American West.
  2. noun An item in such a collection.
  3. adverb Both in the same quantity; of each. Used to refer to ingredients in prescriptions.

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  • Pro-ana, the Pro-ana groups. —  Clay Shirky on institutions vs. collaboration
  • I realize that there are some among the Tories who hold your family name ana­thema, we must be frank, but I feel they are in a minority. —  a transatlantic tunnel, hurrah
  • Bus arrived punctually at 9.30 (the days of mañana, mañana are gone in modern Mexico) and I jumped on and got my seat. —  planet.journals.ie
  • Ok and now im hungry soo can somebody givee me some Ana quotes, or a good Pro-ana or Pro-Mia site???? —  Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions
  • "Doñana is a world-wide conservation icon," said James Leape, Director General of WWF International. —  WWF - Environmental News
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. From New Latin -āna, as in titles of such collections; see -ana.
  2. Middle English, from Medieval Latin, from Greek, at the rate of; see an- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from -ana, q. v.
 

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