EM'ERODS, n. With a plural termination. Corrupted from hemorrhoids, Gr. to labor under a flowing of blood.
Hemorrhoids piles a dilatation of the veins about the rectum, with a discharge of blood.
The Lord will smite thee--with the emerods. Deuteronomy 28
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