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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Piles \Piles\, n. pl [L. pila a ball. Cf {Pill} a medicine.] (Med.) The small troublesome tumors or swellings about the anus and lower part of the rectum which are technically called {hemorrhoids}. See {Hemorrhoids}. Note: [The singular {pile} is sometimes used.] {Blind piles}, hemorrhoids which do not bleed. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Hemorrhoids \Hem"or*rhoids\, n. pl [L. haemorrhoidae, pl., Gr ?, sing., ? (sc. ?), pl., veins liable to discharge blood, hemorrhoids, fr ? flowing with blood; a"i^ma blood + ? to flow: cf F. h['e]morro["i]des, h['e]morrho["i]des. See {Rheum}.] (Med.) 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. Usage: [The sing. {hemorrhoid} is rarely used.]
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