hemorrhoid

English

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

FromMiddle Englishemerowdes,emeroides,emeroydez,fromOld Frenchemorroides,fromLatinhaemorrhoidae,fromAncient Greekαἱμορροΐς(haimorrhoḯs), a feminine adjective fromαἱμόρροος(haimórrhoos,“flowing with blood”),fromαἷμα(haîma,“blood”)and the root ofῥέω(rhéō,“flow”).Doubletofemerod.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈhɛməɹɔɪd/,/ˈhɛmɹɔɪd/

• Audio(US):

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Noun

hemorrhoid(pluralhemorrhoids)

1. (pathology,often in theplural)Anengorged,dilatedand easily brokenvaricosityin theperianalarea, often accompanied by intense itching and throbbing pain:piles.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• external hemorrhoid
• hemorrhoidal
• hemorrhoidectomy
• internal hemorrhoid

Translations

perianal varicosity

• Adyghe:please add this translation if you can
• Afrikaans:aambei(af)
• Albanian:majasëll(sq)m
• Arabic:بَاسُورm(bāsūr)
• Armenian:թութք(hy)(tʻutʻkʻ)
• Assamese:কেঁচুমূৰীয়া(kẽsumuria)
• Azerbaijani:babasil
• Belarusian:гемаро́йm(hjemarój)
• Bulgarian:хеморои́д(bg)m(hemoroíd)
• Burmese:လိပ်ခေါင်း(my)(liphkaung:),လိပ်ခေါင်းရောဂါ(my)(liphkaung:rau:ga)
• Catalan:hemorroide(ca)f,morena(ca)f
• Cebuano:almoranas
• Chinese:

  Cantonese:Trĩ sang／Trĩ sang(zi⁶cong¹)

  Hokkien:Trĩ sang／Trĩ sang(zh-min-nan)(tī-chhng),Khởi bối tử(khí-pèr-á)

  Mandarin:Trĩ sang／Trĩ sang(zh)(zhìchuāng),Trĩ(zh)(zhì)

• Czech:hemoroidm
• Danish:hæmoride(da)c,hæmorroidec
• Dutch:aambei(nl)f
• Esperanto:hemoroido
• Finnish:peräpukama(fi)
• French:hémorroïde(fr)f
• Galician:hemorroidef,almorráfsg
• German:Hämorrhoide(de)f
• Greek:αιμορροΐδα(el)f(aimorroḯda)
• Gujarati:please add this translation if you can
• Hebrew:טחורים(he)(tkhorím)
• Hiligaynon:almoranas
• Hindi:बवासीर(hi)f(bavāsīr),अर्श(hi)m(arś)
• Hungarian:aranyér(hu)
• Icelandic:gyllinæðf,raufaræðahnúturm
• Indonesian:ambeien(id),wasir(id),hemoroid(id),bawasir(id)
• Ingrian:peräpykämä,pykämä
• Japanese:Vưu trĩ(ja)(いぼじ,iboji),Trĩ hạch(ja)(じかく,jikaku)
• Kazakh:көтеу(köteu)
• Korean:치질( trĩ tật )(ko)(chijil)
• Kyrgyz:please add this translation if you can
• Macedonian:хемороидm(hemoroid)
• Maori:tero puta
• Mapun:tombong
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål:hemoroidem

  Nynorsk:hemoroidem

• Old English:fīcādl
• Persian:بواسیر(phát)(bavâsir)
• Polish:hemoroidm
• Portuguese:hemorroida(pt)f,almorroida(pt)f,almorreimaf
• Romanian:hemoroidm
• Russian:геморро́й(ru)m(gemorrój),геморроида́льный у́зелm(gemorroidálʹnyj úzel)
• Sanskrit:मूलव्याधि(sa)m(mūlavyādhi),अर्श(sa)m(arśa),अर्शस्(sa)n(arśas)
• Scottish Gaelic:neasgaid falaf
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic:хеморо̀ӣдmpl

  Latin:hemoròīdmpl

• Sicilian:mùrritifpl
• Slovak:hemoroidm
• Spanish:hemorroide(es)f,almorrana(es)f
• Swedish:hemorrojdc
• Tagalog:almoranas
• Thai:ริดสีดวงทวาร(th)(rít-sǐi-duuang-tá-waan)
• Turkish:basur(tr),hemoroit(tr)
• Ukrainian:геморо́йm(hemorój)
• Vietnamese:trĩ(vi)(Trĩ(vi)),bệnh trĩ(BệnhTrĩ)
• Yoruba:please add this translation if you can