HEMORRHOID


Meaning of HEMORRHOID in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈhem-ˌrȯid, ˈhe-mə- ]

noun

Etymology: Middle English emeroides, plural, from Anglo-French emorroides, from Latin haemorrhoidae, from Greek haimorrhoides, from haimorrhoos flowing with blood, from haimo- hem- + rhein to flow — more at stream

Date: 14th century

: a mass of dilated veins in swollen tissue at the margin of the anus or nearby within the rectum — usually used in plural; called also piles

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