Hypertext Webster Gateway: "piles"
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 WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
piles
n 1: pain caused by venous swelling at or inside the anal
sphincter [syn: {hemorrhoid}, {haemorrhoid}]
2: a large number or amount; "made lots of new friends" [syn: {tons},
{dozens}, {heaps}, {lots}, {scores}, {stacks}, {loads}, {rafts},
{slews}, {wads}, {oodles}, {gobs}, {scads}, {lashings}]
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