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Any of the anal scales of a reptile.

Anal sex.

Example: I'll do anything except anal.

Of, related to, intended for or involving the anus.

Example: an anal examination

Of the stage in psychosexual development when the child's interest is alleged to be concentrated on the anal region.

Of a person, compulsive and stubborn, obsessed with neatness and accuracy, supposedly from not having progressed beyond the anal stage.

Example: Please don't touch his furniture, as he can get very anal about things like that.

(of a vein) Proximate to the thorax.