hemorrhoid
Definition from Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Contents |
[edit] English
[edit] Alternative forms
- haemorrhoid (UK)
- hæmorrhoid (UK)
[edit] Etymology
From Old French emorroides, from Latin hæmorrhoidæ[1], from Ancient Greek: αἷμα (haima, “blood”) in combination with ῥέω (rheō, “flow”); akin to hemorrhage.
[edit] Noun
hemorrhoid (plural hemorrhoids)
- (often plural) An engorged, dilated and easily broken varicosity in the perianal area, often accompanied by intense itching and throbbing pain: piles.
[edit] Translations
perianal varicosity
