hemorrhoid
Americannoun
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hemorrhoids
plural
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Etymology
Origin of hemorrhoid
1350–1400; Middle English emoroides (plural) < Latin haemorrhoid ( a ) < Greek haimorroḯda (adj.) discharging blood
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After adjusting for factors that could influence hemorrhoid risk, including age, exercise habits, and fiber intake, the researchers found a clear difference.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 7, 2026
Currently, Preparation H is the go-to over-the-counter hemorrhoid treatment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 21, 2025
California health officials are warning the public about a Vietnamese hemorrhoid ointment that is laced with a “highly dangerous amount of lead” and has killed a Sacramento woman.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 15, 2024
It's like the medical disclaimers at the end of a hemorrhoid cream commercial, just it's so fast.
From Salon ● Dec. 19, 2023
All of the circulatory vessels, especially the smaller ones, become enlarged, varicose; and an aggregation of varicosed vessels forms a tumor called a pile or hemorrhoid.
From Intestinal Ills Chronic Constipation, Indigestion, Autogenetic Poisons, Diarrhea, Piles, Etc. Also Auto-Infection, Auto-Intoxication, Anemia, Emaciation, Etc. Due to Proctitis and Colitis by Alcinous B. (Alcinous Burton) Jamison
Doctors and patients have long suspected that using a smartphone while sitting on the toilet might contribute to hemorrhoids, but there has been little scientific research examining this possible link.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 7, 2026
Up to 40% of men and women will have hemorrhoids at some point in their lives, according to Dr. Ali Rezaie, a gastroenterologist at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 21, 2025
At this point, we’ve all more or less looked hemorrhoids square in the eye and decided it was worthwhile.
From Slate ● Sep. 12, 2025
Struggling with diabetes and hemorrhoids, Kundanlal, then 45, sought new treatments and read about a specialist in Vienna.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2025
Those itchy, sore hemorrhoids that make sitting uncomfortable?
From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool
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