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Definition haemorrhoids in British English

haemorrhoids noun

[plural] noun
/ˈheməˌrɔɪdz/
1

painful swollen areas around your anus (=the hole where solid waste comes out of your body). An informal name for haemorrhoids is piles.

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Definition haemorrhoids in British English