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  1. adjective Of, relating to, or near the anus.
  2. adjective Psychology Of or relating to the second stage of psychosexual development in psychoanalytic theory, roughly from ages one to three, during which gratification is derived from sensations associated with the anus and defecation. The anal stage is preceded by the oral stage and followed by the phallic stage.
  3. adjective Psychology Indicating personality traits that originated during toilet training and are distinguished as anal-expulsive or anal-retentive.

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  • Whenever you find a fleshy lump in the anal area, you should go to a doctor to get a proper diagnosis. —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
  • In other words we are all tied down getting anal *****. —  Original Signal - Transmitting Digg
  • "It's just what you like - anal," says jandjgz, whose real name is Jose Guerra, who attended Cameron University in southwest Oklahoma, who was born in Mexico and lives in Houston, Texas and attended MacArthur High School, where he was on the chess club, who as of mid-2008 has his own channel on YouTube, which he accessed 15 hours ago. —  Hollywood, Interrupted
  • Word origins, A Where did the phrase anal-retentive come about? —  Answerbag: Latest Questions in Question Categories
  • Painful blisters appear in and around the vagina or on the penis, around the anal area, or on the thighs or buttocks.
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  1. From Latin ānus, anus.

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  1. from New Latin analis, from Latin anus: see anus,
 

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