ANAL

I. adjective Date: 1769 of, relating to, situated near, or involving the anus , 2. of, relating to, characterized by, or being the stage of psychosexual development in psycho~ytic theory during which the child is concerned especially with its feces, of, relating to, characterized by, or being personality traits (as parsimony, meticulousness, and ill humor) considered typical of fixation at the ~ stage of development , ~ly adverb II. abbreviation ~ogy, ~ysis; ~ytic