Anus (root: anus)

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: a=nus

CIDE DICTIONARY

Anus, n. [L., prob. for asnus: cf. Gr. to sit, Skr. ās.].

 The posterior opening of the alimentary canal, through which the excrements are expelled.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Anus, n. Anat. the excretory opening at the end of the alimentary canal.

Etymology

L

THESAURUS

Anus

abdomen, appendix, asshole, blind gut, bowels, brain, bung, bunghole, cecum, colon, duodenum, endocardium, entrails, foregut, giblets, gizzard, guts, heart, hindgut, innards, inner mechanism, insides, internals, intestine, inwards, jejunum, kidney, kishkes, large intestine, liver, liver and lights, lung, midgut, perineum, pump, pylorus, rectum, small intestine, spleen, stomach, ticker, tripes, vermiform appendix, viscera, vitals, works