piles : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: piles	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for piles
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
piles n pain caused by venous swelling at or inside the anal sphincter Synonym(s): hemorrhoid, haemorrhoid, piles a large number or amount; "made lots of new friends"; "she amassed stacks of newspapers" Synonym(s): tons, dozens, heaps, lots, piles, scores, stacks, loads, rafts, slews, wads, oodles, gobs, scads, lashings
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Piles \Piles\, n. pl. [L. pila a ball. Cf. {Pill} a medicine.] (Med.) The small, troublesome tumors or swellings about the anus and lower part of the rectum which are technically called {hemorrhoids}. See {Hemorrhoids}. Note: [The singular {pile} is sometimes used.] {Blind piles}, hemorrhoids which do not bleed.