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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Hemorrhoids

/hĕm'-ẽr-oidzˌ/ · Hem·or·rhoids · IPA /ˈhɛm(ə)ɹɔɪdz/
01 n. pl. Livid and painful swellings formed by the dilation of the blood vessels around the margin of, or within, the anus, from which blood or mucu…
  1. 1.
    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.(Med.)
Syn.
[The sing. hemorrhoid is rarely used.]