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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
haemorrhoids
noun
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▪ Assists in maintaining proper bowel function and affords protection against diverticulosis, haemorrhoids and varicose veins.
▪ Her appendix, womb and a kidney were removed along with in-growing toenails and haemorrhoids.
▪ In a prospective study of 100 cirrhotic patients, Hosking etal found anorectal varices in 44% and haemorrhoids in 63% of patients.
▪ Other patients had external haemorrhoids, though less serious.
▪ Something to do with rabbits and haemorrhoids.
▪ Surprisingly little sympathy too - considering the discomfort haemorrhoids can cause.
▪ The magazine will just have to lurch along snuggled up to me and my ageing haemorrhoids for a few weeks.
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haemorrhoids

alt. 1 (plural of haemorrhoid English)Category:English plurals 2 A pathological condition caused by painful masses of dilated veins in swollen anal tissue. n. 1 (plural of haemorrhoid English)Category:English plurals 2 A pathological condition caused by painful masses of dilated veins in swollen anal tissue.

Usage examples of "haemorrhoids".

These are the veins about the lower end of the bowel, producing the condition known as haemorrhoids or piles, and the internal saphenous vein, with its branches on the inner side of the leg, knee and thigh.

He leaned down and asked in a confidential manner, 'I have been meaning to ask you if your haemorrhoids got better.

If we don't do this, your haemorrhoids will return from all the straining later.

No naked little men sat on the summit dispensing wisdom, because the first thing the truly-wise man works out is that sitting around on mountaintops gives you not only haemorrhoids but frostbitten haemorrhoids.