hemorrhoidal
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a word derived from
hemorrhoid.
hemorrhoidnounUsually 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.
Example Sentences
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House and Senate raised a combined $1.7 billion, which Oliver notes is “more than it costs to buy 242 million tubes of hemorrhoidal cooling gel and is somehow even more upsetting.”
From Time ● Apr. 4, 2016
To rally the Cardinal during his hemorrhoidal depressions, there used to pad into his room one of the most mysterious, potent and least known of Europe's great power politicians.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Wilson Carbod, the center for the Culver Creek Nothings, had hemorrhoids, or at least he kept hemorrhoidal cream secreted away in the bottom drawer of his desk.
From "Looking for Alaska" by John Green
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Astbury says he has seen a case of menstruation by the hemorrhoidal vessels, and instances of relief from plethora by vicarious menstruation in this manner are quite common.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
After this has been done, the hemorrhoidal enlargements and discharges will take care of themselves.
From Nature Cure by Henry Lindlahr