hemorrhoids Copy link • hemorrhoids: haemorrhŏis, ĭdis, f. (Gr. αἱμοῤῥοίς): Plin. 23, 7, 71 (Cels. has the Gk. form, and employs the circuml., ora venarum tanquam capitulis surgentia, quae sanguinem fundunt, 6, 18, 9: to cure h., ora venarum fundentia sanguinem tollere, id. 7, 30, 3).