bezoar

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Related terms

[edit] English

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[edit] Pronunciation

• (US) enPR: bēʹzôr, IPA: /ˈbiːzɔɹ/, SAMPA: /"bi:zOr\/

[edit] Etymology

From Persian pâdzahr پادزهر, meaning "to expel poison." (In ancient times, bezoars from animals were ground up and ingested as remedies for various maladies and as antidotes to poisons.)

[edit] Noun

bezoar (plural bezoars)

1. (chiefly British) A mass, usually of hair or undigested vegetable matter, found in an animal's intestines. A hairball.

1. An enterolith.

[edit] Related terms

• phytobezoar
• trichobezoar