| anabolic steroid |
any of a group of synthetic steroid hormones used to stimulate muscle and bone growth; more than 100 have been developed and each requires a prescription to be used legally in the United States; sometimes used illicitly by athletes to increase their strength
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| anatomy |
the branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals human body: alternative names for the body of a human being; "Leonardo studied the human body"; "he has a strong physique"; "the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak" a detailed analysis; "he studied the anatomy of crimes"
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| anaclisis |
(psychoanalysis) relationship marked by strong dependence on others; especially a libidinal attachment to e.g. a parental figure
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| anal phase |
anal stage: (psychoanalysis) the second sexual and social stage of a child's development during which bowel control is learned
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| analogy |
an inference that if things agree in some respects they probably agree in others drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity in some respect; "the operation of a computer presents and interesting analogy to the working of the brain"; "the models show by analogy how matter is built up" doctrine of analogy: the religious belief that between creature and creator no similarity can be found so great but that the dissimilarity is always greater; language can point in the right direction but any analogy between God and humans will always be inadequate
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