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Piles
Pronunciation : Piles
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [L. pila a ball. Cf. Pill a medicine.] (Med.)
Definition : Defn: 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.
pl.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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