hemorrhoid
vascular structures in the anal canal
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Summary
hemorrhoid is a class of disease[1]. hemorrhoid ranks in the top 4% of class of disease entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (14,775 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: gastrointestinal system disease[3], pelvic varices[4], anorectal disorder[5], anal disease[6], skin disease[7], disease[8]
- Commons category: Hemorrhoids[9]
- ICPC 2 ID: K96[10]
- Topic's main category: Category:Hemorrhoids[11]
- Described by source: Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[14], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[15]
- ICD-9-CM: 455[16], 455.8[17]
- NCI Thesaurus ID: C26792[18]
- Different from: Anorectal varices[19]
- Health specialty: general surgery[20]
- Drug or therapy used for treatment: benzocaine[21], cortisol[22], phenylephrine[23], pramoxine[24], Euphorbia prostrata[25]
- Exact match: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_9746[26], http://identifiers.org/doid/DOID:9746[27]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Medicine[28]
Why It Matters
hemorrhoid has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] hemorrhoid is known by 107 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]