hemorrhoid

[ hem-uh-roid, hem-roid ]

/ ˈhɛm əˌrɔɪd, ˈhɛm rɔɪd /

noun

Usually hemorrhoids. Pathology. 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).

Words nearby hemorrhoid

hemorrhagic rickets, hemorrhagic septicemia, hemorrhagic shock, hemorrhagin, hemorrhea, hemorrhoid, hemorrhoidal, hemorrhoidal vein, hemorrhoidectomy, hemosalpinx, hemosiderin

Origin of hemorrhoid

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

Also called piles.

OTHER WORDS FROM hemorrhoid

hem·or·rhoi·dal, adjective

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Examples from the Web for hemorrhoids

“I invented everything—amnesia, pain, hemorrhoids,” he told La Stampa.
Proud to Be a Coal Miner Fraudster|Barbie Latza Nadeau|October 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Recent cases of hemorrhoids can be completely cured in this way, and the old hard cases temporarily relieved.
New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers|Various
This is especially true of the disease of chronic inflammation, one of whose symptoms is piles or hemorrhoids.
Intestinal Ills|Alcinous Burton Jamison
Of all the maladies that the human family falls heir to, hemorrhoids are among the commonest and, we may add, the most neglected.
The Mother and Her Child|William S. Sadler

Foureau made complaints that the pills of aloes gave him hemorrhoids.
Bouvard and Pcuchet|Gustave Flaubert
From the short experience I had with it I conclude it is the best internal remedy we have for hemorrhoids.
New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers|Various

Medicine definitions for hemorrhoids

hemorrhoid

[ hĕm′ə-roid′ ]

n.

An itching or painful mass of dilated veins in swollen anal tissue.

hemorrhoids The pathological condition in which such painful masses occur.piles