From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
piles
n 1: pain caused by venous swelling at or inside the anal
sphincter [syn: {hemorrhoid}, {haemorrhoid}, {piles}]
2: a large number or amount; "made lots of new friends"; "she
amassed stacks of newspapers" [syn: {tons}, {dozens},
{heaps}, {lots}, {piles}, {scores}, {stacks}, {loads},
{rafts}, {slews}, {wads}, {oodles}, {gobs}, {scads},
{lashings}]
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