'Piles' definitions:
Definition of 'piles'
From: WordNet
noun
Pain caused by venous swelling at or inside the anal sphincter [syn: hemorrhoid, haemorrhoid, piles]
noun
Definition of 'Piles'
From: GCIDE
- Piles \Piles\, n. pl. [L. pila a ball. Cf. Pill a medicine.] (Med.) 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.] [1913 Webster]
- Blind piles, hemorrhoids which do not bleed. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'Piles'
- Pile,
- Piled,
- Piling,
- pile it on,
- pile up,
- Blind piles,
- Cross and pile,
- Dry pile,
- Funeral pile,
- Galvanic pile,
- Guide pile,
- Pile bridge,
- Pile cap,
- Pile driver,
- Pile dwelling,
- Pile engine,
- Pile plank,
- Pneumatic pile,
- Pug piling,
- Screw pile,
- Sheet piling,
- To pile arms,
- To pile muskets,
- Volta's pile,
- Voltaic pile,
- atomic pile,
- compost pile,
- junk pile,
- muck pile,
- pile drive,
- sheath pile,
- sheet pile,
- trash pile,
- Gunpowder pile driver,
- Pile-worn,
- Three-pile,
- Three-piled,
- To sheet-pile