Meanings
plural hemorrhoids · alternative UK haemorrhoid · alternative dated hæmorrhoid
- in pluraloftenmedicineAn engorged, dilated and easily broken varicosity in the perianal area, often accompanied by intense itching and throbbing pain: piles.
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Ancient Greekαἱμορροΐς
- Latinhaemorrhoidae
- Old Frenchemorroides
- Middle Englishemerowdes
- Englishhemorrhoid
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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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans aambei
- aambeiperianal varicosity
Arabic بَاسُور
- بَاسُور (bāsūr)perianal varicosity
Bulgarian хеморои́д
- хеморои́д (hemoroíd)perianal varicosity
Catalan hemorroide, morena
- hemorroideperianal varicosity
- morenaperianal varicosity
Chinese Cantonese 痔瘡 /痔疮
- 痔瘡 /痔疮 (zi⁶ cong¹)perianal varicosity
Chinese Mandarin 痔瘡 /痔疮, 痔
- 痔瘡 /痔疮 (zhìchuāng)perianal varicosity
- 痔 (zhì)perianal varicosity
Czech hemoroid, zlatá žíla
- hemoroidperianal varicosity
- zlatá žílaperianal varicosity
Danish hæmoride, hæmorroide
- hæmorideperianal varicosity
- hæmorroideperianal varicosity
Dutch aambei
- aambeiperianal varicosity
Esperanto hemoroido
- hemoroidoperianal varicosity
Finnish peräpukama
- peräpukamaperianal varicosity
French hémorroïde
- hémorroïdeperianal varicosity
German Hämorrhoide
- Hämorrhoideperianal varicosity
Greek αιμορροΐδα
- αιμορροΐδα (aimorroḯda)perianal varicosity
Hebrew טחורים
- טחורים (tkhorím)perianal varicosity
Hindi बवासीर, अर्श
- बवासीर (bavāsīr)perianal varicosity
- अर्श (arś)perianal varicosity
Hungarian aranyér
- aranyérperianal varicosity
Icelandic gyllinæð, raufaræðahnútur
- gyllinæðperianal varicosity
- raufaræðahnúturperianal varicosity
Indonesian ambeien, wasir
- ambeienperianal varicosity
- wasirperianal varicosity
- hemoroidperianal varicosity
- bawasirperianal varicosity
Japanese 疣痔, 痔核
- 疣痔 (iboji)perianal varicosity
- 痔核 (jikaku)perianal varicosity
Korean 치질
- 치질 (chijil)perianal varicosity
Latin marisca, haemorrhoida
- mariscaperianal varicosity
- haemorrhoidaperianal varicosity
Māori tero puta
- tero putaperianal varicosity
Norwegian Bokmål hemoroide
- hemoroideperianal varicosity
Persian بواسیر
- بواسیر (bavâsir)perianal varicosity
Polish hemoroid
- hemoroidperianal varicosity
Portuguese hemorroida, almorroida
- hemorroidaperianal varicosity
- almorroidaperianal varicosity
- almorreimaperianal varicosity
Romanian hemoroid
- hemoroidperianal varicosity
Russian геморро́й, геморроида́льный у́зел
- геморро́й (gemorrój)perianal varicosity
- геморроида́льный у́зел (gemorroidálʹnyj úzel)perianal varicosity
Scottish Gaelic neasgaid fala
- neasgaid falaperianal varicosity
Slovak hemoroid
- hemoroidperianal varicosity
Spanish hemorroide, almorrana
- hemorroideperianal varicosity
- almorranaperianal varicosity
Swedish hemorrojd
- hemorrojdperianal varicosity
Tagalog almoranas
- almoranasperianal varicosity
Thai ริดสีดวงทวาร
- ริดสีดวงทวาร (rít-sǐi-duuang-tá-waan)perianal varicosity
Turkish basur, hemoroit
- basurperianal varicosity
- hemoroitperianal varicosity
Ukrainian геморо́й
- геморо́й (hemorój)perianal varicosity
Vietnamese trĩ, bệnh trĩ
- trĩperianal varicosity
- bệnh trĩperianal varicosity
Cite this entry
hemorrhoid. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hemorrhoid
“hemorrhoid.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hemorrhoid. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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