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Hämorrhoide — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • hemorrhoid noun A swollen, often painful blood vessel around the anus, commonly known as piles.

Senses

Hämorrhoide is used for these senses in English:

  • haemorrhoids A pathological condition caused by painful masses of dilated veins in swollen anal tissue.
  • hemorrhoid (pathology, often, in the plural) An engorged, dilated and easily broken varicosity in the perianal area, often accompanied by intense itching and throbbing pain: piles.