Piles

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

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}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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]

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