Definitions For Bezoar

Noun

BEZOAR (plural BEZOARs) A mass, usually of hair or undigested vegetable matter, found in an animal's intestines; a hairball. An enterolith.

Derived terms

{{der-top}} bezoar antelope bezoardic bezoar goat bezoar mineral {{der-mid}} pharmacobezoar phytobezoar pseudobezoar trichobezoar {{der-bottom}}

Translations

Arabic: بازهر Chinese: : Mandarin: 馬寶 Czech: bezoár Danish: bezoarsten Estonian: besoaar, pulstik Finnish: besoaari French: bézoard, m German: Bezoar, m Greek: πεντζέχρι, n Hebrew: בזואר Hindi: बेज़ार, पजहर, m, ज़हर-मोहरा, m Ido: bezoaro Italian: bezoario, m Pashto: جړمری, m Persian: پادزهر, tr=pâdzahr Portuguese: bezoar Russian: безоа́р, m Sindhi: بازھر Spanish: bezoar, m Swedish: besoar, bezoar Ukrainian: безоар, m Uzbek: bezoarlar

Etymology

From {{der, en, fr, bézoard}}, based on {{etyl, ar, en}} بَازَهْر, from {{etyl, pal, en}} pʾtzhl, tr=pādzahr, , bezoar, antidote. In ancient times, bezoars from animals were ground up and ingested as remedies for various maladies and as antidotes to poisons.