emeroides
Middle English
Alternative forms
- emerowdes, emeroydez, emoroydes, emoroides, emoraidez, ameraundys, emerawdys, emerawntys, emerodes
Etymology
From Old French emorroides, from Latin haemorrhoidae, from Ancient Greek αἱμορροΐς (haimorrhoḯs).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɛmərui̯dis/, /ˈɛmərɔu̯dis/
Noun
emeroides pl (plural only)
- hemorrhoids
- rectal veins
Descendants
- English: hemorrhoids, haemorrhoids, emerods
References
- “emoroid(es, n.” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2020-01-08.