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ANA
abbr.
antinuclear antibody
an·a 1
(ăn′ə, ä′nə)n. pl. ana or an·as
1. A collection of various materials that reflect the character of a person or place: definitive ana of the early American West.
2. An item in such a collection.
[From New Latin -āna, as in titles of such collections; see -ana.]
an·a 2
(ăn′ə)adv.
Both in the same quantity; of each. Used to refer to ingredients in prescriptions.
[Middle English, from Medieval Latin, from Greek, at the rate of; see an- in Indo-European roots.]
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ana
(ˈeɪnə; ˈɑːnə)adv
(Pharmacology) pharmacol obsolete (of ingredients in a prescription) in equal quantities. Abbreviation: aa
[C16: via Medieval Latin from Greek: of every one similarly]
ana
(ˈɑːnə)n
1. a collection of reminiscences, sketches, etc, of or about a person or place
2. an item of or for such a collection
[C18: independent use of -ana]
Ana
(ˈænə)n
(Sociology)
a. a name for anorexia, esp when used as a personification of the disease by its sufferers
b. a person who identifies himself or herself as an anorexic
adj
(Sociology) anorexic
[C21: a play on the word anorexia and the girl's name Anna]
ANA
abbreviation for
(Commerce) Article Number Association: (in Britain) an organization of manufacturers, retailers, and wholesalers that provides a system (article numbering) by which a product is identified by a unique machine-readable number compatible with article-numbering systems used in other countries
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an•a
(ˈæn ə, ˈɑ nə)n.
1. a collection of miscellaneous information about a subject, person, place, or thing.
2. an item in such a collection, as an anecdote.
[1720–30; independent use of -ana]
ana-
a prefix occurring orig. in verbs and verbal derivatives borrowed from Greek, usu. denoting upward or backward motion ( anadromous), completion ( analysis; anatomy), or repetition (anamorphosis).
Also, before a vowel, an-. [< Greek, comb. form of aná]
-ana
or -iana
a suffix that forms collective nouns denoting an assembly of items representative of or associated with the place, person, or period named by the stem: Americana; Shakespeareana; Victoriana.
[< Latin, neuter pl. of -ānus -an1]
ANA
or A.N.A.,
1. American Newspaper Association.
2. American Nurses Association.
3. Association of National Advertisers.
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ana
a collection of memoirs, anecdotes, etc.; a miscellany.
See also: Collections and Collecting-Ologies & -Isms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
Ana
a collection of the sayings of a person, 1727; literary gossip.Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
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Noun | 1. | Ana - mother of the ancient Irish gods; sometimes identified with Danu antiquity - the historic period preceding the Middle Ages in Europe |
2. | ana - a collection of anecdotes about a person or place aggregation, collection, accumulation, assemblage - several things grouped together or considered as a whole |
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Translations
ANA
[ˌeɪɛnˈeɪ] n abbr (=American Newspaper Association)
(=American Nurses Association)anabolic steroid [ˌænəˌbɒlɪkˈstɛrɔɪd] n → stéroïde m anabolisant
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ANA
abbr antinuclear antibody. V. antibody.English-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.