hemorrhoid

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Scrabble points: 19
Words With Friends: 18
Letters: 10

Pronunciation

/ˈhɛməɹɔɪd/

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/ˈhɛməɹɔɪd/ · /ˈhɛmɹɔɪd/

Definition of hemorrhoid

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noun

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

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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.

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