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hemorrhoids

[hem-uh-roid, hem-roid]

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noun

Usually, hemorrhoids. Pathology. an abnormally enlarged vein mainly due to a persistent increase in venous pressure, occurring inside the anal sphincter of the rectum and beneath the mucous membrane (internal hemorrhoid) or outside the anal sphincter and beneath the surface of the anal skin (external hemorrhoid).

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Also called pile.

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English emoroides (plural) < Latin haemorrhoid(a) < Greek haimorroḯda (adj.) discharging blood

Related forms

hem·or·rhoi·dal, adjective

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haemorrhoids or hemorrhoids (ˈhɛməˌrɔɪdz)

—*pl n*
	pathol Nontechnical name: piles swollen and twisted veins in the region of the anus and lower rectum, often painful and bleeding

[C14: from Latin haemorrhoidae (plural), from Greek, from haimorrhoos discharging blood, from haimo-haemo- + rhein to flow]

hemorrhoids or hemorrhoids

—*pl n*

[C14: from Latin haemorrhoidae (plural), from Greek, from haimorrhoos discharging blood, from haimo-haemo- + rhein to flow]

haemor'rhoidal or hemorrhoids

—*adj*

hemor'rhoidal or hemorrhoids

—*adj*

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Word Origin & History

hemorrhoids

late 14c., emeroudis, from O.Fr. emorroides, from L. hæmorrhoidæ, from Gk. haimorrhoides, pl. of haimorrhois, from haima "blood" (see -emia) + rhoos "a stream, a flowing," from rhein "to flow" (see rheum).

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