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ANUS
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Irregular inflected form: anus
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The excretory opening at the end of the alimentary canal
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("anus" is a kind of...):
opening; orifice; porta (an aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity)
Meronyms (parts of "anus"):
anal sphincter; musculus sphincter ani; sphincter ani (the sphincter muscle of the anus)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "anus"):
arse; arsehole; asshole; bunghole (vulgar slang for anus)
imperforate anus (a congenital defect of the anus; there is partial or complete obstruction of the anal opening)
Holonyms ("anus" is a part of...):
rectum (the terminal section of the alimentary canal; from the sigmoid flexure to the anus)
Derivation:
anal (of or related to the anus)
Context examples:
Surgery to remove the anus, the rectum, and part of the sigmoid colon through an incision made in the abdomen.
(Abdominoperineal resection, NCI Dictionary)
Other less common types of AIDS-related cancers include cancers of the mouth, throat, liver, lung, colon, rectum, anus, testes, and skin.
(AIDS-related cancer, NCI Dictionary)
An epithelial or non-epithelial malignant neoplasm which has spread to the anus from another anatomic site.
(Metastatic Malignant Neoplasm to the Anus, NCI Thesaurus)
Surgery to remove part or all of the prostate gland through an incision in the lower abdomen or perineum (the area between the anus and scrotum).
(Open prostatectomy, NCI Dictionary)
A non-neoplastic disorder that affects the gastrointestinal tract, anus, liver, biliary system, and pancreas.
(Non-Neoplastic Gastrointestinal Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)
A rare combination of congenital abnormalities that includes omphalocele, cloacal exstrophy, imperforate anus, and spine abnormalities.
(OEIS Complex, NCI Thesaurus)
The females were not so large as the males; they had long lank hair on their heads, but none on their faces, nor any thing more than a sort of down on the rest of their bodies, except about the anus and pudenda.
(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)
An opening made surgically to allow the colon to exit the body through the perineum (the area of the body between the anus and the vulva in females, and between the anus and the scrotum in males).
(Perineal colostomy, NCI Dictionary)
While you sleep, the female pinworms leave the intestines through the anus and lay eggs on nearby skin.
(Pinworms, NIH: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
Ileostomy - the bottom of the small intestine (ileum) is attached to the stoma. This bypasses the colon, rectum and anus.
(Ostomy, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
