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piles |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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.] {Blind piles}, hemorrhoids which do not bleed. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: piles n : a large number or amount; "made lots of new friends" [syn: {tons}, {dozens}, {heaps}, {lots}, {scores}, {stacks}, {loads}, {rafts}, {slews}, {wads}, {oodles}, {gobs}, {scads}, {lashings}]
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