piles

Noun

Synonyms: hemorrhoid haemorrhoid tons dozens heaps lots scores stacks loads rafts slews wads

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

pain caused by venous swelling at or inside the anal sphincterSynonyms: hemorrhoid haemorrhoid
a large number or amount“made lots of new friends”“she amassed stacks of newspapers”Synonyms: tons dozens heaps lots scores stacks loads rafts slews wads oodles gobs scads lashings

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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.] [1913 Webster]

Blind piles, hemorrhoids which do not bleed. [1913 Webster]