Webster's 1828 Dictionary
HEMORRHOIDS
n.[Gr. blood, and a flowing. ] A discharge of blood from the vessels of the anus; the piles; in Scripture, emerods. The term is also applied to tumors formed by a morbid dilatation of the hemorrhoidal veins. When they do not discharge blood, they are called blind piles; when they occasionally emit blood, bleeding or open piles.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
HEMORRHOIDS
Hem "or *rhoids, n. pl. Etym: [L. haemorrhoidae, pl. , Gr. hémorroïdes,hémorrhoïdes. See Rheum. ] (Med. )
Defn: Livid and painful swellings formed by the dilation of the blood vessels around the margin of, or within, the anus, from which blood or mucus is occasionally discharged; piles; emerods. [The sing. hemorrhoid is rarely used. ]
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