hemorrhoids Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun pain caused by venous swelling at or inside the anal sphincter
    haemorrhoid; piles; hemorrhoid.

WordNet

Hem"or*rhoids noun plural
Etymology
L. haemorrhoidae, pl., Gr. , sing., (sc. ), pl., veins liable to discharge blood, hemorrhoids, fr. flowing with blood; blood + to flow: cf. F. hémorroïdes, hémorrhoïdes. See Rheum.
Definitions
  1. (Med.) Livid and painful swellings formed by the dilation of the blood vessels around the margin of, or within, the anus, from which blood or mucus is occasionally discharged; piles; emerods. The sing. hemorrhoid is rarely used.

Webster 1913