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Word: Haemorrhoid
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late Middle English: via Old French and Latin from Greek haimorrhoides (phlebes) ‘bleeding (veins)’, from haima ‘blood’ + an element related to rhein ‘to flow’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈhɛmərɔɪd
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a swollen vein or group of veins in the region of the anus.
Short Definition:swollen vein or group of veins in region of anus
Variant Forms:
- hemorrhoid
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