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Anamnesis

noun

  1. the remembering of things from a supposed previous existence (often used with reference to Platonic philosophy).
  2. MEDICINE a patient’s account of a medical history
  3. CHRISTIAN CHURCH the part of the Eucharist in which the Passion, Resurrection, and Ascension of Christ are recalled

[Sphinx — Anne Garétta]

 

Anfractuous

adj.

(noun: anfractuosity)

  1. full of windings and intricate turnings

[Nicholson Baker — The Mezzanine]

Anisocarpic

an·​iso·​car·​pic | \ ¦aˌnīsə¦kärpik, a¦n- \
variants: or anisocarpous \ -​pəs \
of flowers
: having fewer members in the whorl of carpels than in any of the other floral whorls— compare ISOCARPIC

Anodyne

an·​o·​dyne | \ ˈa-nə-ˌdīn  \
1: serving to alleviate painthe anodyne properties of certain drugs
2: not likely to offend or arouse tensions : INNOCUOUS … his speech contained a single anodyne reference to the man who preceded him.— John F. Burns