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ana

[an-uh, ah-nuh]

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noun

a collection of miscellaneous information about a particular subject, person, place, or thing.

an item in such a collection, as an anecdote, a memorable saying, etc.

Origin:
1720–30; independent use of -ana

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a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.

a fool or simpleton; ninny.

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adverb

(of ingredients in pharmaceutical prescriptions) in equal quantities; of each. Symbol: a̅a̅, āa

Origin:
1490–1500; < Medieval Latin < Greek aná of each

a prefix in loanwords from Greek, where it means “up,” “against,” “back,” “re-”: anabasis; used in the formation of compound words: anacardiaceous.

Also, especially before a vowel, an-.

Origin:
< Greek, combining form of aná; no necessary relation to on

a suffix that forms collective nouns denoting an assembly of items, as household objects, art, books, or maps, or a description of such items, as a bibliography, all of which are representative of or associated with the place, person, or period named by the stem: Americana; Shakespeareana; Victoriana.

Also, -iana.

Origin:
< Latin, neuter plural of -ānus -an

American Newspaper Association.

American Nurses Association.

Association of National Advertisers.

Also, ANA

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ana¹ (ˈeɪnə, ˈɑːnə)

—*adv*
	obsolete pharmacol aa (of ingredients in a prescription) in equal quantities

[C16: via Medieval Latin from Greek: of every one similarly]

ana² (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
1.	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*
2.	anorexic

[C21: a play on the word anorexia and the girl's name Anna]

ANA

—*abbreviation for*
	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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Word Origin & History

ana-

prefix meaning 1. "upward," 2. "back, backward, against," 3. "again, anew," from Gk. ana- "up to, toward, exceedingly, back, against," from ana "up, on, upon, throughout, again," cognate with O.E. on, from PIE base *ano- "on, upon, above."

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ana

or -ana "collection of sayings, gossip, etc. connected with a person or place," originally the neut. pl. ending of L. adjectives ending in -anus "pertaining to," early 18c.

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Medical Dictionary

ana an·a (ān'ə)
adv.
Both in the same quantity; of each. Used to refer to ingredients in prescriptions.

ana- pref.