emeroides

Middle English

Alternative forms

• emerowdes, emeroydez, emoroydes, emoroides, emoraidez, ameraundys, emerawdys, emerawntys, emerodes

Etymology

From Old French emorroides, from Latin haemorrhoidae, from Ancient Greek αἱμορροΐς (haimorrhoḯs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛmərui̯dis/, /ˈɛmərɔu̯dis/

Noun

emeroides pl (plural only)

1. hemorrhoids
2. rectal veins

Descendants

• English: hemorrhoids, haemorrhoids, emerods

References

• “emoroid(es, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2020-01-08.