haemorrhoids

British  

/ ˈhɛməˌrɔɪdz /

plural noun

1. Nontechnical name: piles.  pathol swollen and twisted veins in the region of the anus and lower rectum, often painful and bleeding

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• haemorrhoidal
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of haemorrhoids

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

Example Sentences

While self-isolating, Omid began to suffer from minor bleeding which he put down to haemorrhoids.

From BBC • Jun. 17, 2020

But while self-isolating, Omid began to suffer from minor bleeding which he put down to haemorrhoids.

From BBC • Jun. 17, 2020

Untold millions suffer from haemorrhoids – in the US alone, some estimates run to 125 million – and millions more have related conditions such as colonic inflammation.

From The Guardian • Nov. 30, 2018

On a shelf is a lurid, plastic, life-size model of a rectum afflicted by every imaginable malady – haemorrhoids, fistulae, ulcerative colitis, faecaliths.

From The Guardian • Mar. 31, 2013

These, with the leaves, are considered of considerable eficacy in the cure of haemorrhoids; for which purpose, considerable quantities are sold at herb-shops in London.

From The Botanist's Companion, Volume II by Salisbury, William