Hypertext Webster Gateway: "hemorrhoids"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Piles \Piles\, n. pl. [L. pila a ball. Cf. {Pill} a medicine.]
(Med.)
The small, troublesome tumors or swellings about the anus and
lower part of the rectum which are technically called
{hemorrhoids}. See {Hemorrhoids}.
Note: [The singular {pile} is sometimes used.]
{Blind piles}, hemorrhoids which do not bleed.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Hemorrhoids \Hem"or*rhoids\, n. pl. [L. haemorrhoidae, pl., Gr.
?, sing., ? (sc. ?), pl., veins liable to discharge blood,
hemorrhoids, fr. ? flowing with blood; a"i^ma blood + ? to
flow: cf. F. h['e]morro["i]des, h['e]morrho["i]des. See
{Rheum}.] (Med.)
Livid and painful swellings formed by the dilation of the
blood vessels around the margin of, or within, the anus, from
which blood or mucus is occasionally discharged; piles;
emerods.
Usage: [The sing. {hemorrhoid} is rarely used.]
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