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hemorrhoid

/ˈhɛməɹɔɪd/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.26 in modern English

Syllables
hem-or-rhoid
IPA
/ˈhɛməɹɔɪd/
19
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

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.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: emerowdes, emorroides, haemorrhoidae, αἱμορροΐς

Inflected Forms

hemorrhoids (plural) haemorrhoid (alternative, UK) hæmorrhoid (alternative, dated)

Derived Forms

femorrhoid hemorrhoidal hemorrhoidectomy

Phrases

external hemorrhoid internal hemorrhoid laser hemorrhoidoplasty

Synonyms

haemorrhoid piles

Questions

How do you pronounce hemorrhoid?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈhɛməɹɔɪd/.
What does hemorrhoid mean?
An engorged, dilated and easily broken varicosity in the perianal area, often accompanied by intense itching and throbbing pain: piles.
Where does hemorrhoid come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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