haemorrhoids
Britishplural noun
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of haemorrhoids
C14: from Latin haemorrhoidae (plural), from Greek, from haimorrhoos discharging blood, from haimo- haemo- + rhein to flow
Example Sentences
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Changes to our bowel movements could just be stress, blood in the toilet after we poo could be inflammatory bowel disease or haemorrhoids.
From BBC • May 13, 2022
Fraudsters posing as the young student sent a message to her father, saying she had a case of haemorrhoids that she was embarrassed to talk about.
From BBC • Nov. 11, 2021
Alongside improved hygiene and stronger taboos also came an explosion in various so-called “modern” diseases, such as haemorrhoids and constipation, which were attributed to seated toilets.
From The Guardian • Nov. 30, 2018
His semi-sequel to Knocked Up presented modern middle age as an era of dwindling passions, parenting issues, financial burdens, haemorrhoids and mammograms.
From The Guardian • Jul. 17, 2017
The juice of its leaves mixed with hog's lard is a specific against the haemorrhoids.
From History of Louisisana Or of the Western Parts of Virginia and Carolina: Containing by Le Page du Pratz
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