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Webster 1913 Edition

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Noun.

[L., prob. for

asnus

: cf. Gr. [GREEK] to sit, Skr.

ās

(Anat.)

The posterior opening of the alimentary canal, through which the excrements are expelled.

See also: anus, Anus, añus, anüs, and -anus

ânus m (plural ânus)