bezoar (redirected from Bezoars)

be·zoar  (bzôr, -zr)

n.

A hard indigestible mass of material, such as hair, vegetable fibers, or fruits, found in the stomachs or intestines of animals, especially ruminants, and humans. It was formerly considered to be an antidote to poisons and to possess magic properties.

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[Middle English bezear, stone used as antidote to poison, probably from Old French bezahar, gastric or intestinal mass used as antidote to poison, from Arabic bzahr, from Persian pdzahr : pd-, protector (from Avestan ptar-; see p- in Indo-European roots) + zahr, poison (from Middle Persian; see g^when- in Indo-European roots).]