Meanings (ES + gloss)
anal
Of, related to, intended for or involving the anus.
an anal examination
anal thermometer
anal
Of the stage in psychosexual development when the child's interest is alleged to be concentrated on the anal region.
fastidioso • meticuloso
Of a person, compulsive and stubborn, obsessed with neatness and accuracy (usually in an egosyntonic way), supposedly from not having progressed beyond the anal stage.
He was a model of anal defensiveness: fastidious in his dress and appearance, a collector and putter of things in order, a classifier and labeler.
Please don't touch his furniture, as he can get very anal about things like that.
Phrases
abanaladanalanal beadsanal cleftanal expulsiveanal finanal fissureanal fistulaanal glandanal glaucomaanal hookanal intercourseanal marriageanal pluganal poreanal retentiveanal sacanal sadismanal sadistanal sexanal sphincteranal veinanal voreanal-eroticanal-expulsiveanal-retentiveanal-retentivenessanal-sadisticanalityanalizeanallyanalwardanilinguscircumanalcoloanalendoanalgenitoanalileoanalischioanaloroanal