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Anaerobutyricum soehngenii
Anaerobutyricum soehngenii (formerly Eubacterium hallii), a butyrate-producing Lachnospiraceae gut bacterium; type strain L2-7; CH106 is a GRAS (GRN 1065) tetracycline-sensitive probiotic studied for glycemic control.
Anaesthesia of cornea
Anaesthesia of cornea (ICD-11 9A78.6, 角膜の知覚消失), loss of corneal sensation from trigeminal or corneal nerve damage; causes include herpetic keratitis, surgery, drugs, diabetes; leads to neurotrophic keratopathy.
Anaesthesia of skin
Anaesthesia of skin (ICD-11 MB40.3; ICD-10 R20.0) is partial or complete loss of skin sensation, usually circumscribed, from sensory nerve damage such as injury or leprosy.
Anagama kiln
The anagama kiln (窖窯) is a wood-fired tunnel kiln dug into a hillside, used in East Asia for stoneware and introduced to Japan from Korea in the 5th century.
Anaganaga (film)
Anaganaga (అనగనగా), 2025 Telugu family drama by Sunny Sanjay starring Sumanth as storytelling teacher Vyas; ETV Win original, May 15 2025, later theatrical release, Gaddar Best Children's Film. Distinct from Anaganaga Oka Raju (2026).
Anaganaga Oka Raju
Anaganaga Oka Raju (అనగనగా ఒక రాజు) is a 2026 Telugu comedy directed by Maari, starring Naveen Polishetty and Meenakshi Chaudhary; Sankranthi release 14 January 2026, Netflix from 11 February 2026.
Anaganaga Oka Roju (అనగనగా ఒక రోజు)
Anaganaga Oka Roju (అనగనగా ఒక రోజు) is a 1997 Telugu comedy thriller by Ram Gopal Varma starring J.D. Chakravarthi and Urmila Matondkar, with music by Sri Kommineni; distinct from the 2026 Naveen Polishetty film Anaganaga Oka Raju.
Anagarika Dharmapala
Anagarika Dharmapala (අනගාරික ධර්මපාල), born Don David Hewavitarane, was a Ceylonese Buddhist reformer who founded the Maha Bodhi Society in 1891 and led the campaign to restore Buddhist worship at Bodh Gaya.
Anagen effluvium
Anagen effluvium is sudden non-scarring hair loss from shedding of hairs in the anagen growth phase, caused by chemotherapy, radiation, toxins, or autoimmune disease, with regrowth usually within 1 to 3 months.
Anagenesis
Anagenesis (phyletic evolution) is evolutionary change within a single lineage without branching, contrasting with cladogenesis, lineage splitting; it replaces one species with a descendant and does not increase species diversity.
Anagestone acetate
Anagestone acetate (Anatropin, ORF-1658), a synthetic pregnane progestin introduced in 1968 in a combined oral contraceptive with mestranol, withdrawn worldwide by 1970 after beagle dog mammary tumor findings.
Anagliptin
Anagliptin (Beskoa, Suiny) is a highly selective DPP-4 inhibitor approved and launched in Japan in 2012 for type 2 diabetes, dosed 200 mg twice daily, with LDL-C-lowering effects and few adverse events.
Anaglyph 3D
Anaglyph 3D, also called red-cyan or red-blue 3D, encodes each eye's stereoscopic view in different colors viewed through color-filter glasses. It works on ordinary displays and prints but sacrifices color fidelity versus polarized 3D.
Anagnia
Anagnia (Anagni), chief town of the Hernici in Latium's Sacco valley; sacred Hernican center, conquered by Rome in 306 BC, later civitas sine suffragio, then municipium, Cicero's estate site.
Anagram
Anagram: wordplay form (Greek ana + gramma) rearranging all letters of a word or phrase exactly once, e.g. listen/silent. Covers history from Lycophron to Galileo's priority anagrams, cognitive difficulty factors, tournament rules, and NP-complete solving algorithms.
Anagrelide
Anagrelide (Agrylin, Thromboreductin) is an oral quinazoline platelet-lowering drug, a PDE3 inhibitor blocking megakaryocyte maturation, used for thrombocythemia in myeloproliferative neoplasms; US-approved 1997, second-line in ET after hydroxyurea.
Anagyrous
Anagyrous (Ἀναγυροῦς) was a coastal deme of ancient Attica in tribe Erechtheis, at modern Vari, with a sanctuary of the Mother of the Gods and an attested Rural Dionysia known from choregic inscriptions.
Anah
Anah, also written ʿAna, is an ancient town on the Middle Euphrates in al-Anbar Governorate, Iraq, known in cuneiform texts as Hanat and Anat of the land of Suhu.
Anahata (अनाहत)
Anahata, also called the heart chakra, is the fourth chakra of the tantric subtle body, a twelve-petalled heart lotus named for the unstruck sound heard there.
Anaheim Ducks
Anaheim Ducks, formerly Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, NHL team founded by Disney in 1993, owned by Henry and Susan Samueli since 2005, renamed 2006, 2007 Stanley Cup champions, play at Honda Center.
Anaheim, California
Anaheim, California: Orange County's most populous city (346,824 in 2020), founded 1857 as a German vineyard colony, incorporated 1876, home to the Disneyland Resort and a tourism-dominated economy.
Anahí
Anahí (Anahí Giovanna Puente Portilla), Mexican actress and singer, child TV performer, 1991 Silver Ariel winner, member of RBD from Rebelde (2004-2008), later solo albums Mi Delirio and Inesperado; not the Argentine director Anahí Berneri or other namesakes.
Anahit
Anahit (Անահիտ) is an 1881 Armenian fairy tale by Ghazaros Aghayan, first published in Tiflis, telling how a shepherd's daughter marries a prince who learns weaving.
Anahit Corona
Anahit Corona is a roughly 324 km wide corona volcano-tectonic structure near Venus' north pole (77.1°N, 277.3°E), IAU-named in 1985 for the Armenian fertility goddess, with a fractured annulus, volcanic interior, and neighbor Pomona Corona.
Anahita
Anahita (Arədvī Sūrā Anāhitā, Nāhīd, Anaitis) is the Old Iranian Zoroastrian goddess of waters and fertility, elevated by Artaxerxes II, worshipped across the Achaemenid, Parthian, and Sasanian empires, with debated Mesopotamian origins.
Anahita Temple
Anahita Temple (Persian معبد آناهیتا) names two Iranian stone monuments, at Kangavar and Bishapur, popularly attributed to the goddess Anahita; neither identification is proven, and Kangavar is now often dated to the late Sasanian era.
Anaïs
Anaïs, full name Anaïs Jan, is a Bristol-based drum and bass producer and DJ signed to Hospital Records and a core member of the crew Invicta Audio.
Anaïs Gallagher
Anaïs Gallagher (born 2000) is an English model, photographer, and presenter, daughter of Oasis's Noel Gallagher and Meg Mathews; Select Models signee at 12, Mulberry ambassador, and tour photographer for the Oasis reunion.
Anaïs Mitchell
Anaïs Mitchell (born 1981, Montpelier, Vermont) is an American folk singer-songwriter and playwright, creator of the Tony- and Grammy-winning musical Hadestown, member of Bonny Light Horseman, and solo artist behind the 2022 self-titled album.
Anaïs Nin
Anaïs Nin (1903–1977), French-born American diarist and novelist. Began her diary at 11 in 1914, producing 35,000 pages; published in seven edited volumes, four Early Diary volumes, and eight posthumous unexpurgated volumes; also wrote erotic fiction.