haemorrhoids

See also: hæmorrhoids

English

Alternative forms

hæmorrhoids
hemorrhoids (US)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈhɛməɹɔɪdz/, /ˈhɛmɹɔɪdz/

Noun

haemorrhoids pl (plural only)

A pathological condition caused by painful masses of dilated veins in swollen anal tissue.
- "I hope the worst is behind me". - France's midfielder Florent Malouds reveals he had an operation for haemorrhoids shortly after arriving in Germany for the World Cup" Argus 17 June 2006 p.14

Synonyms

piles

Translations

a pathological condition

Adyghe: please add this translation if you can
Afrikaans: aambei (af)
Arabic: بَوَاسِير‎ pl (bawāsīr)
Armenian: թութք (hy) (tʿutʿkʿ)
Bulgarian: хемороѝди m pl (hemoroìdi)
Catalan: morenes (ca) f pl
Chinese:
Mandarin: 痔瘡／痔疮 (zh) (zhìchuāng)
Min Nan: 痔瘡 (zh-min-nan) (tī-chhng)
Crimean Tatar: mayasıl, basur
Danish: please add this translation if you can
Dutch: aambeien (nl)
Finnish: peräpukamat (fi) pl
French: hémorroïdes (fr) f pl
Galician: almorás f pl
German: Hämorrhoiden (de) f pl
Gujarati: please add this translation if you can
Hindi: बवासीर (hi) f (bavāsīr), अर्श (hi) m (arś)
Hungarian: aranyér (hu)
Icelandic: gylliniæð f
Irish: haemaróidí f pl, fíocas m
Italian: emorroidi (it) f pl
Japanese: 痔 (ja) (じ, ji), 痔疾 (ja) (じしつ, jishitsu)
Korean: 치질(痔疾) (ko) (chijil)
Macedonian: хемороиди m pl (hemoroidi)
Middle English: emeroides
Neapolitan: merròjde, stummacale, merruóieto
Persian: بواسیر‎ (fa) (bavâsir)
Polish: hemoroidy (pl) nvir
Portuguese: hemorroidas (pt) m pl, almorroidas f pl, almorreimas f pl
Russian: геморро́й (ru) m (gemorrój)
Sanskrit: मूलव्याधि (sa) m (mūlavyādhi), अर्श (sa) m (arśa), अर्शस् (sa) n (arśas)
Scottish Gaelic: neasgaidean fala f pl
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: шу́љеви m pl, ба̀сур m, хеморои́ди m pl
Latin: šúljevi (sh) m pl, bàsur (sh) m, hemoroídi (sh) m pl
Spanish: hemorroides f pl, almorranas (es) f pl
Swedish: hemorrojder c pl
Tagalog: bulaid, balaid, kilmos
Thai: ริดสีดวงทวาร (th) (rít-sǐi-duuang-tá-waan)
Turkish: basur (tr), mayasıl (tr)
Ukrainian: геморо́й m (hemorój)
Urdu: بواسیر‎ (bavāsīr)
Vietnamese: trĩ (vi)
Welsh: peils m pl, clwy'r marchogion m

Noun

haemorrhoids

plural of haemorrhoid