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prolapsed hemorrhoid

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hemorrhoid /hem·or·rhoid/ (hem´ah-roid) prolapse of an anal cushion, resulting in bleeding and painful swelling in the anal canal.
Hemorrhoids: (A), internal; (B), external; (C), mixed; (D), thrombosed.

external hemorrhoid  one in a vein of the inferior rectal plexus, below the pectinate line and covered with modified anal skin.
internal hemorrhoid  one in a vein of the superior rectal plexus, originating above the pectinate line and covered by mucous membrane.
prolapsed hemorrhoid  an internal hemorrhoid that has descended below the pectinate line and protruded outside the anal sphincter.
strangulated hemorrhoid  a prolapsed hemorrhoid whose blood supply has become occluded by constriction of the anal sphincter.
thrombosed hemorrhoid  one containing clotted blood.

prolapsed hemorrhoid
Etymology: L, prolapsus, falling; Gk, haim orrhois, a vein that loses blood
an internal hemorrhoid that protrudes through the anal orifice.


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