haemorrhoid
/ˈhɛmərɔɪd
/(US hemorrhoid)
noun (usually haemorrhoids)
A swollen vein or group of veins in the region of the anus. Also (collectively) called piles.You may have to strain, which can be painful and cause bleeding or haemorrhoids (swollen veins in the anus, also known as piles)....
- This lack of fibre contributes directly to the common diseases of gall stones, appendicitis, haemorrhoids, diverticular disease and cancer of the colon.
- When the veins of this network become swollen with blood, haemorrhoids occur.
Derivatives
haemorrhoidal
- Venous stasis and dilation and the distal movement of the anal cushions, eventually followed by prolapse, result in chronic hemorrhoidal disease.
- The study comprised 100 consecutive patients with hemorrhoidal disease.
- Unfortunately, some patients seem to think that occasional hematochezia is normal, probably because hemorrhoidal bleeding is so common.
Origin
Late Middle English: via Old French and Latin from Greek haimorrhoides (phlebes) 'bleeding (veins)', from haima 'blood' + an element related to rhein 'to flow'.