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hemorrhoid

hemorrhoid

English

Alternative forms

haemorrhoid (UK)
hæmorrhoid (UK, obsolete)

Noun

hemorrhoid ‎(plural hemorrhoids)

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

Translations

perianal varicosity

Catalan: hemorroide f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 痔瘡 (zh), 痔疮 (zh) ‎(zhìchuāng), 痔 (zh) ‎(zhì)
Czech: hemoroid m
Finnish: peräpukama (fi)
French: hémorroïde (fr) f
Galician: hemorroide f, almorrás f pl
German: Hämorrhoide (de) f
Icelandic: gyllinæð f, raufaræðahnútur m
Japanese: 疣痔 ‎(いぼじ, iboji), 痔核 ‎(じかく, jikaku)
Korean: 치질 (ko) ‎(chijil) (痔疾 (ko))

Maori: tero puta
Norwegian:

Bokmål: hemoroide m

Nynorsk: hemoroide m
Portuguese: hemorroida (pt) f
Romanian: hemoroid m
Russian: геморро́й (ru) m ‎(gemorrój), геморроида́льный у́зел m ‎(gemorroidálʹnyj úzel)
Scottish Gaelic: neasgaid fala f
Spanish: hemorroide (es) f
Swedish: hemorrojd c
Turkish: basur (tr), hemoroit (tr)
Vietnamese: trĩ (vi), bệnh trĩ
Yoruba:

Derived terms

Derived terms

external hemorrhoid
hemorrhoidal

hemorrhoidectomy
internal hemorrhoid

References

↑ http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=hemorrhoids