hemorrhoid

• haemorrhoid (UK)
• hæmorrhoid (UK, obsolete)

From Old French emorroides, from Latin haemorrhoidae,[1] 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”).[2]

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɛməɹɔɪd/, /ˈhɛmɹɔɪd/

hemorrhoid (plural hemorrhoids)

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