ano-1
Word Origin
1
a combining form of anus or anal:
anorectal.
ano-2
1
a combining form meaning “up,” “upper,” “upward”:
anoopsia.
Origin
< Greek, combining form of ánō
Related Words
- anorectal
- anoscope
1878 Bryant Pract. Surg. I. 695The exploratory ano⁓perinæal operation.
1881 Syd. Soc. Lex. ,*Anococcygeal.
1910 Practitioner Apr. 521 A deeper infection above the ano-coccygeal ligament may lead to an ischio-rectal abscess on one side.
1962 Gray's Anat. (ed. 33) 1212The anococcygeal nerves arise from this plexus.
1992 Pflügers Arch. CDXXI. 43 (heading)Relationship between force and Ca2+ in anococcygeal and vas deferens smooth muscle cells.
1909 Cent. Dict. Suppl. ,*Anogenital.
1932 S. Zuckerman Social Life Monkeys ix. 143The females repeatedly present and continuously examine their ano-genital regions.
1966 Dunlop & Alstead Textbk. Med. Treatm. (ed. 10) 145If..the yeast infection persists and causes ano-genital dermatitis, nystatin should be given.
1988 Amer. Jrnl. Publ. Health LXXVIII. 1533/2Knowledge of HIV status had no apparent impact on anogenital intercourse.
1884 C. B. Kelsey Dis. Rectum & Anus ix. 229*Ano-rectal Syphiloma..is defined by Fournier as ‘an infiltration of the rectal walls by neoplasm’.
1903 Therapeutic Gaz. 15 May 344/1Leeching may be employed as a partial substitute for venesection. This in the anorectal region is..valuable in the successful treatment of those two organs.
1968 Jrnl. Pediatrics LXXIII. 603/2Anorectal bleeding occurred which was associated with hypoprothrombinemia.
1993 Brit. Jrnl. Surg. LXXX. 117/1There were no significant differences in anorectal pressure between patients with constipation and those with faecal incontinence.
1946 M. G. Spiesman Essent. Clin. Proctology i. 1 (heading)Embryology and applied anatomy of the *anorectum.
1983 Sci. Amer. Mar. 110/2All the organs, beginning with the trachea and extending to the anorectum, the urethra and (in females) the vagina are removed en bloc.
ano-
I.prefix
Etymology: New Latin, from Greek anōupward, above, from ana up, on — more at on
1. : upward
< anogenic >
< anoopsia >
2. : upper
< anocarpous >
II.combining form
Etymology: New Latin, from Latin anus
: anus
< anoscopy >
: anal and
< anococcygeal >
I.
1.
< anogenic >
< anoopsia >
2.
< anocarpous >
II.
< anoscopy >
: anal and
< anococcygeal >
ano-
Prefix
- anus