haemorrhoids
noun /ˈhemərɔɪdz/
/ˈhemərɔɪdz/
(British English) (North American English hemorrhoids)
[plural] (medical)- veins at or near the anus that have become painful and swollen (= larger than normal) synonym pilesTopics Illnessc2Word Originlate Middle English: via Old French and Latin from Greek haimorrhoides (phlebes) ‘bleeding (veins)’, from haima ‘blood’ + an element related to rhein ‘to flow’.