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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

EMERODS

n.With a plural termination. [Corrupted from hemorrhoids, Gr. to labor under a flowing of blood. ] Hemorrhoids; piles; a dilatation of the veins about the rectum, with a discharge of blood.
The Lord will smite thee--with the emerods. Deuteronomy 28:27.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

EMERODS; EMEROIDS

Em "er *ods, Em "er *oids, n. pl. Etym: [OF. emmeroides. See Hemorrhoids. ]

 

Defn: Hemorrhoids; piles; tumors; boils. [R.] Deut. xxviii. 27.