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an⋅a

1[an-uh, ah-nuh]
–noun
1. a collection of miscellaneous information about a particular subject, person, place, or thing.
2. an item in such a collection, as an anecdote, a memorable saying, etc.

Origin:
1720–30; independent use of -ana
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an·a 1   (ān'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.]
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: ANA
Function: abbreviation
1 American Nurses Association
2 antinuclear antibodies; antinuclear antibody
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ana an·a (ān'ə)
adv.
Both in the same quantity; of each. Used to refer to ingredients in prescriptions.

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