ANOVA en · NOUN Meanings (abbreviation, acronym, alt-of) Acronym of analysis of variance. alt of analysis of variance 2015, John Ashton, "ANOVA and the analysis of drug combination experiments", Nature Methods 12 (12): 1108, doi:10.1038/nmeth.3663. Factorial analysis of variance (ANOVA) can be very misleading in drug combination studies. Forms SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource ANOVAs Number=Plur lexicographic Relateds ANCOVA · PERMANOVA