Note: The blood circulates in a system of closed tubes, the rupture of which gives rise to hemorrhage.
HEMORRHAGIC
Hem`or*rhag"ic, a. Etym: [Gr. hémorrhagique.]
Defn: Pertaining or tending to a flux o
HEMORRHOIDAL
Hem`or*rhoid"al, a. Etym: [Cf. F. hémorroïdal, hémorrhoïdal.]
1. Of or pertaining to, or of the nature of, hemorrhoids.
2. (Anat.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to the rectum; rectal; as, the hemorrhoidal arteries, veins, and nerves.
HEMORRHOIDS Hem"or*rhoids, n. pl. Etym: [L. haemorrhoidae, pl., Gr. hémorroïdes, hémorrhoïdes. See Rheum.] (Med.)
Defn: Livid and painful swellings formed by the dilation of the blood vessels around the margin of, or within, the anus, from which blood or mucus is occasionally discharged; piles; emerods. [The sing. hemorrhoid is rarely used.]
HEMOSTATIC
Hem`o*stat"ic, a. Etym: [Hemo- + Gr.