Definitions
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- noun Alternative spelling of
hemorrhoid .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun pain caused by venous swelling at or inside the anal sphincter
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Examples
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I don't want to purchase a sandwich in the same place people are getting haemorrhoid cream.
You can do anything in a department store these days – including eat. But it doesn't mean you should 2011
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The Anglican Church of Canada is shrinking faster than a haemorrhoid in an argon laser.
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The Anglican Church of Canada is shrinking faster than a haemorrhoid in an argon laser.
The Diocese of Niagara has something to be proud of « Anglican Samizdat 2010
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Silly me, here I was thinking that the links in your text would just lead to some annoying irrelevant advertising, but to my surprise I was directed to what looks like a Turkish manufacturer of haemorrhoid cream.
This Just In: Leave of Absence Announcement! (and Friday Fun Quiz!) BikeSnobNYC 2010
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Cop Out looks about as funny as medieval methods of haemorrhoid removal.
New Photo from Kevin Smith’s Cop Out; Hit Somebody to Shoot in 2010? | /Film 2010
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The captain, awakened by a sharp twinge from a haemorrhoid, came out into the kitchen, saw Pelagia fast asleep, and did not know what to do.
Captain Corelli's Mandolin De Bernieres, Louis 2003
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And it is the same with the haemorrhoid, the purple murex, and all suchlike animals.
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In calm weather, then, they go free afield, but when the wind blows the carcinia take shelter against the rocks: the neritae themselves cling fast like limpets; and the same is the case with the haemorrhoid or aporrhaid and all others of the like kind.
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"We have been dispatched here to negotiate the present blockade and thereby relieve the present turmoil and accelerate the plans of the trade union congress of the deltoid outer nebobbian haemorrhoid rim," notes Kinobi in one scene.
BBC News - Home 2011
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Upon returning to the family home, he whipped up a mixture made of buttercups and other plants and, soon after, perfected its use: as a soothing ointment for haemorrhoid sufferers.
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