noun, feminine/almoˈrana/plural: almorranas
hemorrhoid, haemorrhoid, piles; Portuguese squill
Synonyms: hemorroide, albarrana
Etymology tree Ancient Greek αἷμᾰ (haîmă) Ancient Greek αἱμο- (haimo-) Proto-Indo-European *ser-? Proto-Indo-European *srew- Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *sréwmn̥? Proto-Hellenic *hréumə Ancient Greek ῥεῦμα (rheûma) Vulgar Latin *haemorrheuma Arabic اَل (al-)influ. Spanish almorrana Inherited from Vulgar Latin *haemorrheuma, from Ancient Greek αἱμο- (haimo-, “blood”) + ῥεῦμα (rheûma, “stream, flow”), from ῥέω (rhéō, “to flow”). The first syllable was formed by analogy with other