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Webster 1913 Edition

Hemorrhoids

Hem′or-rhoids

,
Noun.
pl.
[L.
haemorrhoidae
, pl., Gr. [GREEK], sing., [GREEK] (sc. [GREEK]), pl., veins liable to discharge blood, hemorrhoids, fr. [GREEK] flowing with blood;
αἷμα
blood + [GREEK] to flow: cf. F.
hémorroïdes
,
hémorrhoïdes
. 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.
[The sing.
hemorrhoid
is rarely used.]

Webster 1828 Edition

Hemorrhoids

HEM'ORRHOIDS

,
Noun.
[Gr. blood, and a flowing.] A discharge of blood from the vessels of the anus; the piles; in Scripture, emerods.
The term is also applied to tumors formed by a morbid dilatation of the hemorrhoidal veins. When they do not discharge blood,they are called blind piles; when they occasionally emit blood, bleeding or open piles.

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hemorrhoids

hemorrhoids

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hemorrhoids

  1. plural of hemorrhoid

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