hemorrhoid

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English

Alternative forms

• haemorrhoid (UK)
• hæmorrhoid (UK)

Etymology

From Old French emorroides, from Latin hæmorrhoidæ, from Ancient Greek: αἷμα (haima, “blood”) in combination with ῥέω (rheō, “flow”); akin to hemorrhage.

Noun

hemorrhoid (plural hemorrhoids)

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

Translations

perianal varicosity

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 痔瘡 (cmn), 痔疮 (cmn) (zhìchuāng), 痔 (cmn) (zhì)

• Czech: hemoroid (cs) m
• Finnish: peräpukama (fi)
• French: hémorroïde (fr) f
• German: Hämorrhoide (de) f
• Icelandic: gyllinæð (is) f, raufaræðahnútur (is) m
• Japanese: 疣痔 (ja) (いぼじ, iboji), 痔核 (ja) (じかく, jikaku)
• Korean: 치질 (ko) (chijil) (痔疾 (ko))

• Norwegian: hemoroid (no) m
• Romanian: hemoroid (ro) m
• Russian: геморрой (ru) (gemorrój) m, геморроидальный узел (ru) (gemorroidálʹnyj úzel) m
• Scottish Gaelic: neasgaid fala (gd) f
• Swedish: hemorrojd (sv) c
• Turkish: basur (tr), hemoroit (tr)
• Vietnamese: trĩ (vi), bệnh trĩ (vi)
• Yoruba:

  Nigeria: Iròbo Yiyọ́

Derived terms

• internal hemorrhoid
• external hemorrhoid
• hemorrhoidectomy
• hemorrhoidal

References