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haemoptysis |
haemorrhage |
haemorrhagic |
haemorrhagic fever |
haemorrhagic stroke |
haemorrhoid
| haemorrhoidectomy
| haemosiderin
| haemosiderosis
| haemosporidia
| haemosporidian
haemorrhoid
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun haemorrhoid has 1 sense
- haemorrhoid(n = noun.state) hemorrhoid, piles - pain caused by venous swelling at or inside the anal sphincter; Array is a kind of hurting, pain
OXFORD DICTIONARY
haemorrhoid, n. (US hemorrhoid) (usu. in pl.) swollen veins at or near the anus; piles.
Derivative
haemorrhoidal adj.
Etymology
ME emeroudis (Bibl. emerods) f. OF emeroyde f. L f. Gk haimorrhoides (phlebes) bleeding (veins) f. haima blood, -rhoos -flowing
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