HEMORRHOIDS

HEMORRHOIDS. → A disease with which the Philistines were afflicted 1Sa 5:6,12; 6:4; 5:11; De 28:27 → See DISEASE → See TUMOR

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hemorrhoids. Hemorrhoids, n. pl. the piles, emrods

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Hem″or‐rhoids (?), n. pl. [[L. haemorrhoidae, pl., Gr. �, sing., � (sc. �), pl., veins liable to discharge blood, hemorrhoids, fr. � flowing with blood; αἱ̑μα blood + � to flow: cf. F. hémorroïdes, hémorrhoïdes. See Rheum.]] (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.]