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English Dictionary: hemorrhoids by the DICT Development Group
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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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hemorrhoids \Hem"or*rhoids\, n. pl. [L. haemorrhoidae, pl., Gr.
      [?], sing., [?] (sc. [?]), pl., veins liable to discharge
      blood, hemorrhoids, fr. [?] flowing with blood; a"i^ma blood
      + [?] to flow: cf. F. h[82]morro[8b]des, h[82]morrho[8b]des.
      See {Rheum}.] (Med.)
      Livid and painful swellings formed by the dilation of the
      blood vessels around the margin of, or within, the anus, from
      which blood or mucus is occasionally discharged; piles;
      emerods.
  
      Usage: [The sing. {hemorrhoid} is rarely used.]
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