Hemorrhoid
/ˈhɛməɹɔɪd/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 An engorged, dilated and easily broken varicosity in the perianal area, often accompanied by intense itching and throbbing pain: piles. in-plural, often
- 2 venous swelling external or internal to the anal sphincter wordnet
Example
More examples"I have a hemorrhoid which is found under the tomb on which a cactus stands."
Etymology
From Middle English emerowdes, emeroides, emeroydez, from Old French emorroides, from Latin haemorrhoidae, from Ancient Greek αἱμορροΐς (haimorrhoḯs), a feminine adjective from αἱμόρροος (haimórrhoos, “flowing with blood”), from αἷμα (haîma, “blood”) and the root of ῥέω (rhéō, “flow”). Doublet of emerod.