emeroides

Middle English

Alternative forms

emerowdes, emeroydez, emoroydes, emoroides, emoraidez, ameraundys, emerawdys, emerawntys, emerodes

Etymology

From Old French emorroides, from Latin haemorrhoidae, from Ancient Greek αἱμορροΐς (haimorrhoḯs).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɛmərui̯dis/, /ˈɛmərɔu̯dis/

Noun

emeroides pl (plural only)

Descendants

English: hemorrhoids, haemorrhoids, emerods

References

“emoroid(es, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2020-01-08.

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