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The outlet of the rectum lying in the fold between the buttocks: The anus is the orifice on the outside of the body through which feces and flatus are ejected.
The anus is part of the bodies of in most mammals and many invertebrates.
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anu-, ana-, an-, anal-, ano- +
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(Greek: anus, rectum)
(Latin: ring, an iron ring for the feet; circle; (so called because of its form); usually the posterior opening of the alimentary canal through which undigested food is voided; the anus)
(Greek: space between the scrotum or mons veneris and the anus)
(Latin: straight [intestine], direct, right; that is, "the part of the large intestine that ends at the anus")
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An incurvation of the hairs around the excretory opening at the end of the alimentary canal: Mr. Black had a case of trichiasis of the anus which consequently irritated the mucous membrane around the opening.
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tricho-, trich-, -tricha, -trichia, -trichan, -trichic, -trichosis, -trichous, -thrix, -trichum, -trichy +
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The opening at the end of the alimentary canal that allows undigested food and other waste materials to pass out of the body, in the form of feces: The end of the colon is where the solid matter of the body collects before it moves out through the anus by the way of a bowel movement.
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Anatomy and Related Anatomical Terms
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