bezoar
Bezoar (noun) means a mass, usually of hair or undigested vegetable matter, found in a human or animal's intestines, similar to a hairball.
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish bezoar and/or French bézoard, based on Arabic بَازَهْر (bāzahr), from Middle Persian pʾtzhl (pādzahr, “bezoar, antidote”), from a compound of words meaning “to protect” and “poison” (literally “killing thing”), thus a bezoar was “that which protects against poison”. In ancient times, bezoars from animals were ground up and ingested as remedies for various maladies and as antidotes to poisons.
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What is the meaning of bezoar?
"bezoar" (noun) means a mass, usually of hair or undigested vegetable matter, found in a human or animal's intestines, similar to a hairball.
What are the different meanings of bezoar?
"bezoar" has 2 main meanings: 1. A mass, usually of hair or undigested vegetable matter, found in a human or animal's intestines, similar to a hairball; 2. An enterolith.