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haemorrhoids

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haemorrhoids US, hemorrhoids [ˈhɛməˌrɔɪdz]
pl n
(Medicine / Pathology) Pathol swollen and twisted veins in the region of the anus and lower rectum, often painful and bleeding Nontechnical name piles
[from Latin haemorrhoidae (plural), from Greek, from haimorrhoos discharging blood, from haimo- haemo- + rhein to flow]
haemorrhoidal  US, hemorrhoidal adj
Translations
haemorrhoids hemorrhoids (US) [ˈhemərɔɪdz] NPL → hemorroides fpl
haemorrhoids, (US) hemorrhoids
pl → Hämorr(ho)iden pl
haemorrhoids hemorrhoids (Am) [ˈhɛməˌrɔɪdz] npl → emorroidi fpl
haemorrhoids → داء البواسير hemoroidy hæmoroide Hämorrhoiden αιμορροΐδες hemorroides peräpukamat hémorroïdes hemoroidi emorroidi 痔 치질 aambeien hemorroider hemoroidy hemorróida геморрой hemorrojder ริดสีดวงทวาร hemoroid bệnh trĩ 痔核
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