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hemorrhoid

/ˈhɛməɹɔɪd/

hemorrhoid noun: an engorged, dilated and easily broken varicosity in the perianal area, often accompanied by intense itching and throbbing pain: piles.

Noun

hemorrhoid (plural hemorrhoids)

  1. (in plural, often) An engorged, dilated and easily broken varicosity in the perianal area, often accompanied by intense itching and throbbing pain: piles.

hemorrhoid meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Sanskrit and Assamese

hemorrhoid in Hindi

perianal varicosity
बवासीर bavāsīr, अर्श arś

hemorrhoid in Tamil

பௌத்திரம், ஆசன வாயிலோ

hemorrhoid in Sanskrit

perianal varicosity
मूलव्याधि mūlavyādhi, अर्श arśa, अर्शस् arśas

hemorrhoid in Assamese

perianal varicosity
কেঁচুমূৰীয়া kẽsumuria
More languagesFewer languages
hemorrhoid in Tagalog
almoranas
hemorrhoid in Arabic
بَاسُور bāsūr
hemorrhoid in Indonesian
ambeien, wasir, hemoroid, bawasir
hemorrhoid in Persian
بواسیر bavâsir
hemorrhoid in Thai
ริดสีดวงทวาร rít-sǐi-duuang-tá-waan
hemorrhoid in Vietnamese
trĩ, bệnh trĩ
hemorrhoid in Myanmar
လိပ်ခေါင်း liphkaung:, လိပ်ခေါင်းရောဂါ liphkaung:rau:ga

Examples of hemorrhoid in a sentence

  • I dropped in on the surgery as I was passing to show the doctor my hemorrhoids.
  • The referral was to a proctologist to treat the hemorrhoids.
  • The referral was to a coloproctologist to treat the hemorrhoids.

All 13 example sentences with hemorrhoid

Forms of hemorrhoid

pluralhemorrhoids
alternative UKhaemorrhoid
alternative form (dated)hæmorrhoid

Origin of hemorrhoid

From Middle English emerowdes, emeroides, emeroydez, from Old French emorroides, from Latin haemorrhoidae, from Ancient Greek αἱμορροΐς (haimorrhoḯs), a feminine adjective from αἱμόρροος (haimórrhoos, “flowing with blood”), from αἷμα (haîma, “blood”) and the root of ῥέω (rhéō, “flow”). Doublet of emerod.

Words formed from hemorrhoid

Questions about hemorrhoid

What does hemorrhoid mean?
Hemorrhoid means an engorged, dilated and easily broken varicosity in the perianal area, often accompanied by intense itching and throbbing pain: piles.
What is hemorrhoid in Hindi?
Hemorrhoid in Hindi is बवासीर (bavāsīr), अर्श (arś). See Hemorrhoid meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is hemorrhoid?
Hemorrhoid is a noun.
How do you pronounce hemorrhoid?
Hemorrhoid is pronounced /ˈhɛməɹɔɪd/.
What is the plural of hemorrhoid?
The plural of hemorrhoid is hemorrhoids.

Words near hemorrhoid in the dictionary

  1. hemorrhagins
  2. hemorrhagiparous
  3. hemorrhea
  4. hemorrheological
  5. hemorrheology
  6. hemorrhoid
  7. hemorrhoidal
  8. hemorrhoidals
  9. hemorrhoidectomies
  10. hemorrhoidectomy
  11. hemorrhoidopexies

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hemorrhoid (page history and authors); hemorrhoid (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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