almorrana

== Spanish == === Etymology === Inherited from Vulgar Latin *haemorrheuma, from Ancient Greek αἱμο- (haimo-, “blood”) + ῥεῦμα (rheûma, “stream, flow”), from ῥέω (rhéō, “to flow”). The first syllable was formed by analogy with other Spanish words borrowed from Arabic with the article اَل (al-, “the”). Cognate with Galician almorrá, partly with Portuguese almorroida and almorreima, and possibly with Catalan morena. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /almoˈrana/ [al.moˈra.na] Rhymes: -ana Syllabification: al‧mo‧rra‧na === Noun === almorrana f (plural almorranas) (usually in the plural) hemorrhoid, haemorrhoid, piles Synonym: hemorroide Portuguese squill Synonym: albarrana ==== Descendants ==== → Cebuano: almoranas → Tagalog: almoranas ==== References ==== === Further reading === “almorrana”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025