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Definition of Hemorrhoid

1. Noun. Pain caused by venous swelling at or inside the anal sphincter.

Definition of Hemorrhoid

1. Noun. (often plural) An (engorged), (dilated) and easily broken (varicosity) in the (perianal) area, often accompanied by intense itching and throbbing pain: (piles). ¹

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Definition of Hemorrhoid

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Medical Definition of Hemorrhoid

1. A varicose dilatation of a vein of the superior or inferior haemorrhoidal plexus, resulting from a persistent increase in venous pressure. Presents as a livid and painful swelling formed by the dilation of the blood vessels around the margin of, or within, the anus, from which blood or mucus is occasionally discharged. The singular haemorrhoid is rarely used. Synonym: piles. Origin: Gr. Haimorrhois, L. Haemorrhoidae. (01 Dec 1998)

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Literary usage of Hemorrhoid

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Therapeutic Gazette (1901)
"When the sphincter muscle is relaxed for the hemorrhoid to be brought well into view without being strangulated, when there is no ulcération of the ..."

2. On the diseases, injuries, and malformations of the rectum and anus: With by Thomas John Ashton (1860)
"External hemorrhoid ; incision of the tumor ; rapid recovery. W. C , set. thirty-seven, a saddler ; an out-patient at University College Hospital, ..."

3. Surgery of the Rectum and Pelvis by Charles Boyd Kelsey (1897)
"External Hemorrhoid with Increase of Connective Tisane. in part of the mucous membrane in which the skin ends at the anus. It is plainly a connective-tissue ..."

4. The Retrospect of Practical Medicine and Surgery: Being a Half-yearly edited by William Braithwaite, James Braithwaite, Edmond Fauriel Trevelyan (1846)
"The seventh day the hemorrhoid came away in pieces after a moderate stool, ... In place of the destroyed hemorrhoid was seen a little linear cicatrix about ..."

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