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pilesConcise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press: piles/pʌɪlz/ ▶plural noun haemorrhoids. – origin ME: prob. from L. pila ‘ball’ (because of the globular form of external haemorrhoids). 'piles' also found in these Oxford entries:
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