bezoar

English

Etymology

From French bézoard, based on (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Arabic بَازَهْر (bāzahr), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Persian pʾtzhl (pādzahr, “bezoar, antidote”). In ancient times, bezoars from animals were ground up and ingested as remedies for various maladies and as antidotes to poisons.

Pronunciation

• enPR: bēʹzōr, IPA^(key): /ˈbi.zɔɹ/
• IPA^(key): /ˈbiː.zɔː/
• Hyphenation: be‧zoar

Noun

bezoar (plural bezoars)

1. A mass, usually of hair or undigested vegetable matter, found in an animal's intestines; a hairball.
2. An enterolith.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• bezoar antelope
• bezoardic
• bezoar goat
• bezoar mineral

• pharmacobezoar
• phytobezoar
• pseudobezoar
• trichobezoar

Translations

mass of undigested matter

• Arabic: بازهر
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 馬寶／马宝 (zh) (mǎbǎo)

• Czech: bezoár (cs)
• Danish: bezoarsten
• Estonian: besoaar, pulstik
• Finnish: besoaari
• French: bézoard (fr) m
• German: Bezoar m
• Greek: πεντζέχρι (el) n (pentzéchri)
• Hebrew: בזואר
• Hindi: बेज़ार (bezār), पजहर (hi) m (pajhar), ज़हर-मोहरा m (zahar-mohrā)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Ido: bezoaro (io)
• Italian: bezoario m
• Pashto: جړمری (ps) m
• Persian: پادزهر (fa) (pâdzahr)
• Portuguese: bezoar (pt)
• Russian: безоа́р (ru) m (bezoár)
• Sindhi: بازھر
• Spanish: bezoar m
• Swedish: besoar, bezoar
• Ukrainian: безоар m (bezoar)
• Uzbek: bezoarlar

References

• “bezoar”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

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Italian

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French bézoard, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Arabic بَازَهْر (bāzahr), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Persian pʾtzhl (pādzahr, “bezoar, antidote”).

Noun

bezoar m (uncountable)

1. bezoar

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• benzoar

Noun

bezoar m (plural es)

1. bezoar (mass of undigested matter)

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Spanish

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French bézoard, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Arabic بَازَهْر (bāzahr), superseding native bezaar, from the same source.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [be.θoˈaɾ]
• IPA^(key): [be.soˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ

Noun

bezoar m (plural bezoares)

1. bezoar

Derived terms

• bezoárico

References

• Template:R:DRAE 2001