a'nus, gen. a'ni

[L. anus, from ann us, a ring (?).] Anal orifice, the lower opening of the digestive tract, lying in the fold between the nates, through which fecal matter is extruded, a. cer'ebri, adit us ad aquasductum cerebri, artifi'cial a., a permanent opening into the bowel, usually in the right or left flank, made by the operation of colostomy, pretemat'ural a., artificial a. Rtisco'ni's a., blastopore, vestib'ular a., vulvovag'- inal a., a female monstrosity in which the anus is imperforate, but the rectum opens into the vagina just above the vulva. absence, aproctia. closure, atresia, itnperforation, proc tat res i a. dilatation, proctectasia, dilator of; procteurynter. discharge, bloody, proc torr hag i a, archorrhagia; mucous, proctor rhea. excision, proc tec to my, fistula, archosyrinx. incision,^ _ proc to to my, instrument for incision, proc to to me. inflammation. proctitis, arch it is. inflammation of parts around, periproct it is, pain, proctalgia, proctodynia, proctagra, paralysis, proc to paralysis, proc top leg i a, plastic surgery, proctoplasty, proctorrhaphy (suture), prolapse, proctoptosia, proctocele, archocele, arcHoptoma, archoptosia. stenosis, stricture, proctencleisis, proc to stenosis, archdstenosis.