hemorrhoid

American  

[hem-uh-roid, hem-roid] / ˈhɛm əˌrɔɪd, ˈhɛm rɔɪd /

noun

1. Pathology. Usually hemorrhoids 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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Other Word Forms

• hemorrhoidal
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of hemorrhoid

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

Example Sentences

What event does the Grand Masochistic Order of Hemorrhoid Sufferers sponsor each year?

From Washington Post

And now it is time for me to be gone, for I must make two more visits to-day,' remarked Hemorrhoid Jack.

From Armenian Literature by Anonymous

It was nearly one o'clock; Mairam and Takusch were sitting there asleep and I also was very sleepy, but I fought against my sleepiness to watch that devil of a Hemorrhoid Jack.

From Armenian Literature by Anonymous

You will find out that Hemorrhoid Jack wishes you no ill.

From Armenian Literature by Anonymous

The day after the betrothal Hemorrhoid Jack sent word to Sarkis by his clerk that Sarkis must pay 2,700 rubles for the tobacco and tea and 184 rubles for the manufactured goods.

From Armenian Literature by Anonymous