Where does “hemorrhoid” come from?
hemorrhoid (English) comes from Middle English emerowdes, from Old French emorroides, from Latin haemorrhoidae, from Ancient Greek αἱμορροΐς, from Ancient Greek αἱμόρροος, from Ancient Greek αἷμα, from Latin globus, from Proto-Indo-European gel- — to be cold, to freeze.
hemorrhoid (English): An engorged, dilated and easily broken varicosity...
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- An engorged, dilated and easily broken varicosity...
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