bezoar

English

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Pronunciation

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

Etymology

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

Noun

bezoar (plural bezoars)

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

Related terms

• phytobezoar
• trichobezoar

Translations

mass of undigested matter

• French: bézoard (fr) m
• Portuguese: bezoar (pt)

• Spanish: bezoar (es) m

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Spanish

Noun

bezoar m (plural bezoares)

1. bezoar