bezoar
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[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)
- (chiefly UK) A mass, usually of hair or undigested vegetable matter, found in an animal's intestines. A hairball.
- An enterolith.
