haemorrhoids

noun

🔊/ˈhemərɔɪdz/

(British English)

(North American English hemorrhoids)

[plural] (medical医学)

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veins at or near the anus that have become painful and swollen (= larger than normal) 痔；痔疮synonym pilesTopics Illnessc2
Word Originlate Middle English: via Old French and Latin from Greek haimorrhoides (phlebes) ‘bleeding (veins)’, from haima ‘blood’ + an element related to rhein ‘to flow’.