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HAEMORRHOID
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Dictionary entry overview: What does haemorrhoid mean?
• HAEMORRHOID (noun)
The noun HAEMORRHOID has 1 sense:
1. venous swelling external or internal to the anal sphincter
Familiarity information: HAEMORRHOID used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Venous swelling external or internal to the anal sphincter
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
haemorrhoid; hemorrhoid; piles
Hypernyms ("haemorrhoid" is a kind of...):
symptom ((medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease)
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