hemorrhoid
Meanings
Plural: hemorrhoids
Noun
- pain caused by venous swelling at or inside the anal sphincter
- An engorged, dilated and easily broken varicosity in the perianal area, often accompanied by intense itching and throbbing pain: piles.
Origin / Etymology
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.
Synonyms
Scrabble Score: 19
hemorrhoid is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordhemorrhoid is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
hemorrhoid is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 18
hemorrhoid is a valid Words With Friends word