Hēm'or-rhoids, n. pl.

[Gr. αἱμορροΐς, pl. αἱμορροΐδες (sc. φλέβες), veins liable to discharge blood, especially the piles, from αἱμόρροος, flowing with blood, αἷμα, blood, and ῥέω, to flow; Lat. hæmorrhois, Fr. hémorroïdes, Pr. emorrogdas.]

1. (Med.) Livid and painful tubercles around the margin of or within the anus, from which blood or mucus is occasionally discharged; piles; emerods. Dunglison.
2. A venomous serpent. [Obs.] “The venomous worms called hemorrhoids.” Holland.