noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
anal stage
In Freudian psychoanalysis, the second stage of psychosexual development, typically occurring around ages 1–3, when the child's focus is on bowel control.
In Freud's theory, the anal stage is one of the important developmental stages in early childhood.
The phallic stage, which follows the anal stage.
Compound of 肛門 (kōmon, 'anus') + 期 (ki, 'stage, period'), a direct translation of the psychoanalytic term 'anal stage'.