Hemorrhoid

Alternative forms

• haemorrhoid UK
• hæmorrhoid UK, obsolete

Origin

From Old French emorroides, from Latin haemorrhoidae

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, from Ancient Greek: αἷμα (haima, "blood") in combination with ῥέω (rheō, "flow"); akin to hemorrhage.

Full definition of hemorrhoid

Noun

1. (often in the plural) An engorged, dilated and easily broken varicosity in the perianal area, often accompanied by intense itching and throbbing pain: piles.

Derived terms

• internal hemorrhoid
• external hemorrhoid
• hemorrhoidectomy
• hemorrhoidal