hemorrhoid
Pronunciation: /ˈhɛməɹɔɪd/
The English word “hemorrhoid” has 1 meaning listed here.
noun
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.
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