Definition for EM'E-RODS

EM'E-RODS, n. [with a plural termination. Corrupted from hemorrhoids. Gr. αίμορῥοιδες, from αίμορῥοεω, to labor under a flowing of blood; αίμα, blood, and ῥεω, to flow.]

Hemorrhoids; livid, painful and bleeding tubercles about the anus. The Lord will smite thee – with the emerods. Deut. xxviii.

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