ANUS

(Lat.), n. m. ’nu%s(nuts), According to some, the same as ann us, a ring, from its shape: according to others, fro in Sanscr., ds, to sit. Gr.. mpwxrés, äpxés, SaxTéMos. Fr., anus. Ger., er. It., Sp., ano. 1. The fundament; the excrement ary orifice of the alin ee caual, In some lower animals it is the same as the mouth; in molluscs it opens into the respiratory cavity, and in most birds into the cloaca. {1, 81; L, 108.] %. According to Sée, the anal carlal. [L, 87.) See under Cana, 3, In a special sense, the anterior opening of the aquæduct us Sylvii. [{I, 31.] 4. In entomology, the last two segments of the abdomen, including the podex, the hypopy ium, the culus, the ovipositor, and the appendices. [L, 108.] 5. In botany, the posterior orifice of a gamopetalous flower. [A, 306.]—Abnormal a. Fr.,a. normal. It..ano an or male. See Preternatural a.—Accidental a. Fr.,a.acc i dentel. See Artificial a.—A. a normal (Fr.). See Preternatural a.—A. a normal ace i dentel (Fr.). A preternatural a. which is not congenital. [D, 10. —A. a normal congénial (ou congénital) (Fr.). A congenital preternatural a, [D, 10.|—A. artificial is. See Artificial a.—A. contra naturam. See Preternatural a—A. contre nature acc i dentel (ou art if i ciel, ou chirurgical) (Fr.). See Artificial a—A. cerebri. def.)—A. de Littre (Fr.). An artificial a. formed by Littre’s operation.—A. de Rusconi (Fr.). See BLASTOPORE.—A. dévié. See Preternatural a.—A. écrasé (Fr.). A fiat or short a. [D, 112.]—A. enfoncé (Fr.). A sunken a. [D, 112.)—A.-groove. See Anal GROOVE.—A. iliaque (Fr.). An artificial a. in the iliac region.—A. imp erf or at us. See Imperforate a.—A. infundibuliform is. See Infundibuliform a.—A. lombaire (Fr.). An artificial a, in the lumbar regiou.—A. nothus. See Artificial a.—A. of Rusconi. See BLAsToPoRE.—A’ôffnung (Ger.). The orifice of the anus.—A. prætern at uralis. See Preternatural a,—A. rétréci (Fr.). A constricted a, [D, 112.]—A. saillant (Fr.). AÆrotuberant a. (said of the a. of a sound eonTe horse). [L. 41.]—A. vulvaire (Fr.). A preternatural a. situate within the vulva.—Artificial a. Lat., a. on ialis. Fr., a. art if i ciel. Ger., künstlicher After. It., ano artificiale. Sp., ano artificial. 1. Ana. made by an operation. See Anu at’s OPBRATION, Callisen’s OPERATION, Littre’s OPERATION, and CoLoTomy. Preternatural a.—Atresia ani. See under ATRESIA.-—Donb Fr., a. double. One that opens by two orifices separated by a bridge of adventitious ti ue. [D.]—False a. An artificial a, [Morris (A, 63).)—Fi ure of the a. See under Fi ure.—Fistula ani (seu in ano). See under FistuLa.—Funnel-shaped a. See Infundibuliform a.—Imperforate a. Lat., a. imp erf or at us. Fr., a. imperforé, fondement clos. Ger.,imperforirter After. It.,ano imper- For a to. Sp., ano imperforado. A congenital malformation in which either there is no anus or, if one is praent, it does not communicate with the intestine —Infundibuliform a. Fr., a. infundibuliforme. A relaxed and sunken condition of the a., with effacement of the natural folds; regarded by Malgaigne as presumptive evidence of pa ive pæderasty. [L, 41.|—Perineal artificial a. An artificial a. in the perinzeum. [W. Bodenhamer (D).] See also Amu at’s OPERATION.—Preternatural a. Lat., a. prætern at uralis. Fr., a. a normal (ou contre nature). Ger., widernatürlicher After. It.,ano preternaturale. Sp., ano preternatural. An abnormal opening which serves the purpose of an a., whether due to. malformation, injury, disease, or operation. Cf. Hcal FISTULA.— Prolapse of the a. See under PRoLAPSE. — Pruritus ani. See under Prurrrcs.—Trumpet-shaped a. See Infundibuliform a. aD a. A preternatural a. situated in the umbilical rei on.