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Ana- \An"a-\ [Gr. 'ana` on; in comp., on, up, upwards.]
A prefix in words from the Greek, denoting up, upward,
throughout, backward, back, again, anew.
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ana \a"na\ ([=a]"n[.a]), adv. [Gr. 'ana` (used distributively).]
(Med.)
Of each; an equal quantity; as, wine and honey, ana (or,
contracted, aa) two ounces, [ounceap] ij., that is, of wine
and honey, each, two ounces. --AS
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An apothecary with a . . . long bill of anas. --Dryden.
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-ana \-a"na\ (-[=a]"n[.a]). [The neut. pl. ending of Latin
adjectives in -anus.]
A suffix to names of persons or places, used to denote a
collection of notable sayings, literary gossip, anecdotes,
etc. Thus, Scaligerana is a book containing the sayings of
Scaliger, Johnsoniana of Johnson, etc.
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Note: Used also as a substantive; as, the French anas.

It has been said that the table-talk of Selden is
worth all the ana of the Continent. --Hallam.
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