haemorrhoidalhemorrhoidaladj.
/hɛməˈrɔɪdəl/ 1.
a. Pathology. Of or pertaining to hæmorrhoids.
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1651 N. Biggs Matæotechnia Medicinæ Praxeωs Summary 228 The hæmorrhoidal blood not putrid.
1827 J. Abernethy Surg. Wks. II. 238 Successful in removing hæmorrhoidal excrescences by ligature.
1885 Lancet 26 Sept. Hæmorrhoidal Disease.
b. Affected with hæmorrhoids. rare.
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cresty1569
haemorrhoidal1646
mariscal1822
mariscous1857
ficous1884
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica vii. xviii. 383 The statue of Christ, erected by his hemarroidall patient. View more context for this quotation
2. Anatomy. Applied to those arteries, veins, and nerves which are distributed to the rectum and adjacent parts. (In quot. ?1541 as noun.)
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haemorrhoidal?1541
haemorrhoid1601
rectual1716
rectal1826
pararectal1890
rectosigmoid1893
rectosigmoidal1902
?1541 R. Copland Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens ii. sig. Kiij Fyue braunches of veynes named Emorroides or Emorroidalles.
1671 W. Salmon Synopsis Medicinæ iii. lxxxiii. 723 If blood abounds bleed the Hæmorrhoidal veins.
1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 181/1 The hemorrhoidal nerves are directed principally, towards the inferior part of the rectum.
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