bezoar
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, especially ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
Obsolete. a counterpoison or antidote.
Origin of bezoar
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How to use bezoar in a sentence
The researchers dubbed these plastic masses “polybezoars” to distinguish them from naturally occurring hair and plant fiber bezoars.
Plastic waste forms huge, deadly masses in camel guts | Asher Jones | December 15, 2020 | Science NewsThese large apes are the ouanderou and the douc; to them, therefore, we must refer the production of the bezoar.
Buffon's Natural History. Volume IX (of 10) | Georges Louis Leclerc de BuffonThe oldest domesticated goats seem to be descended from the bezoar goat (Capra ægagrus), from the mountains of southwestern Asia.
The New Stone Age in Northern Europe | John M. TylerOther magic medicines exist such as aphrodisiacs, and bezoar stones.
The Manbos of Mindano | John M. GarvanIn one case a midwife claimed to have a bezoar stone17 found in the body of an eel.
The Manbos of Mindano | John M. Garvan
bezoar stones are hard substances, of a dark color, and vary in size from a pea to a chestnut.
The Manbos of Mindano | John M. Garvan
British Dictionary definitions for bezoar
/ (ˈbiːzɔː) /
a hard mass, such as a stone or hairball, in the stomach and intestines of animals, esp ruminants, and man: formerly thought to be an antidote to poisons
Origin of bezoar
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