01 n. pl. Livid and painful swellings formed by the dilation of the blood vessels around the margin of, or within, the anus, from which blood or mucu…
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1.
Livid and painful swellings formed by the dilation of the blood vessels around the margin of, or within, the anus, from which blood or mucus is occasionally discharged; piles; emerods.(Med.)
Syn.
[The sing. hemorrhoid is rarely used.]