haemorrhoids
plural noun
pathol swollen and twisted veins in the region of the anus and lower rectum, often painful and bleeding
haemorrhoidal
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a word derived from
haemorrhoids.
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The inferior mesenteric artery gives off a left colic branch to the descending colon, a sigmoid branch to the iliac and pelvic colon, and ends in the superior haemorrhoidal artery, which supplies the rectum.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" by Various
I drove out of Tyumen on the third of May after spending in Ekaterinburg two or three days, which I devoted to the repair of my coughing and haemorrhoidal person.
From Letters of Anton Chekhov by Constance Garnett
