HAEMORRHOID


Meaning of HAEMORRHOID in English

n. (US hemorrhoid) (usu. in pl.) swollen veins at or near the anus; piles. haemorrhoidal adj.

[ ME emeroudis (Bibl. emerods) f. OF emeroyde f. L f. Gk haimorrhoides (phlebes) bleeding (veins) f. haima blood, -rhoos -flowing ]

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