haemorrhoida

Latin

Alternative forms

  • haemorroida

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek αἱμορροΐς (haimorrhoḯs), from αἱμορροέω (haimorrhoéō, “to lose blood”) +‎ -ῐ́ς (-ĭ́s), from αἱμο- (haimo-, “blood”) +‎ ῥέω (rhéō, “to flow”).

Pronunciation

Noun

haemorrhoida f (genitive haemorrhoidae); first declension

  1. (chiefly in the plural) a hemorrhoid; a pile (vein liable to discharge blood)

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative haemorrhoida haemorrhoidae
genitive haemorrhoidae haemorrhoidārum
dative haemorrhoidae haemorrhoidīs
accusative haemorrhoidam haemorrhoidās
ablative haemorrhoidā haemorrhoidīs
vocative haemorrhoida haemorrhoidae

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