anal
ay nuhl
- a of or related to the anus
anal thermometer - a a stage in psychosexual development when the child's interest is concentrated on the anal region; fixation at this stage is said to result in orderliness, meanness, stubbornness, compulsiveness, etc.
- A number of epidemiological studies have shown that anal sex was the principal means by which HIV spread through the homosexual community in the 1970s and '80s.
- Back at the police lab, the coroner's report transformed the case into a sex crime: physical evidence suggested the victim had had passive anal sex shortly before his death.
- Pan's survey indicated that nearly seven out of ten Chinese have had anal sex with heterosexual partners.