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Pain caused by venous swelling at or inside the anal sphincter
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hemorrhoid
Word definitions for hemorrhoid in dictionaries
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Hemorrhoids , also spelled haemorrhoids , are vascular structures in the anal canal . In their normal state, they are cushions that help with stool control. They become a disease when swollen or inflamed ; the unqualified term "hemorrhoid" is often used ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context often in the plural English) An (l en engorged), (l en dilated) and easily broken (l en varicosity) in the (l en perianal) area, often accompanied by intense itching and throbbing pain: (l en piles).
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. pain caused by venous swelling at or inside the anal sphincter [syn: haemorrhoid , piles ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Hemorrhoids \Hem"or*rhoids\, n. pl. [L. haemorrhoidae, pl., Gr. ?, sing., ? (sc. ?), pl., veins liable to discharge blood, hemorrhoids, fr. ? flowing with blood; a"i^ma blood + ? to flow: cf. F. h['e]morro["i]des, h['e]morrho["i]des. See Rheum ...
Usage examples of hemorrhoid.
He was tortured by tuberculosis, syphilis, osteomyelitis in his jaw, diarrhea, hemorrhoids, and kidney stones.
And in words that bubbled from his mouth in a whiny singsong, Bekker told Shaltie about his hemorrhoids.
Jilly had crafted a firm foam pillow, a ramped version of the doughnutlike seat provided to patients following hemorrhoid surgery, which prevented the bottom of the pot from scarring the passenger's-seat upholstery and which provided Fred with a level ride.
Keith Ames risked hemorrhoids on cold bleacher seats with two hundred others and cheered his Ashland junior high team, a losing cause this season.
Time and again on this trip I had seen news stories that would elsewhere have been treated as colossal tragedies-a dozen people killed by floods in the South, ten crushed when a store roof collapsed in Texas, twenty-two dead in a snowstorm in the East-and each of them treated as a brief and not terribly consequential diversion between ads for hemorrhoid unguents and cottage cheese.
Liz may develop varicose veins, hemorrhoids, boils, hot flashes, heartburn, and high blood pressure during her gestations.
In the medicine cabinet, you'll find thyme oil in many commercial preparations, such as mouthwashes and hemorrhoid salves.
That old fart had about as much compassion and sense of humor as a pit viper with hemorrhoids.
But I never heard of anyone selling hemorrhoid suppositories on the street.
He could come through other people's tonsillectomies without suffering any postoperative distress, and even endure their hernias and hemorrhoids with only mild nausea and revulsion.