Look up: bezoar

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   Bezoar
   Bezoar: A clump or wad of swallowed food and/or hair. Bezoars can sometimes be found to cause blockage of the digestive system, especially at the exit of the stomach. When a bezoar is composed of hair, it is referred to as a hairball or trichobezoar. When a bezoar is composed of vegetable materials, it is referred to as a phytobezoar or foodball. W ...
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   Bezoar
   Be'zoar noun [ French bézoard , from Arabic bāzahr , bādizahr , from Persian pād- zahr bezoar; pād protecting + zahr poison; confer Portuguese & Spanish bezoar .] A calculous concretion found in the intestines of certain ruminant animals (as the wild goat, the gazelle, and the Peruvian llama) formerly regarded as an unfail ...
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   bezoar
   <gastroenterology> Concretions of swallowed hair, fruit or vegetable fibres, or similar substances found in the alimentary canal. ... Usually a hard mass of entangled material sometimes found in the stomachs and intestines of animals and man. ... (03 Jul 1999) ...
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   Bezoar
   A `bezoar` or `enterolith` is a sort of calculus or concretion, a stone found in the intestines of mostly ruminant animals, but occurring among others including humans. There are several varieties of bezoar, some of which have inorganic constituents and others organic.
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   bezoar
   (be´zor) a mass formed in the stomach by compaction of ingested material that does not pass into the intestine.
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   Bezoar
   • (n.) A calculous concretion found in the intestines of certain ruminant animals (as the wild goat, the gazelle, and the Peruvian llama) formerly regarded as an unfailing antidote for poison, and a certain remedy for eruptive, pestilential, or putrid diseases. Hence: Any antidote or panacea.
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   bezoar
   A concretion formed in the alimentary canal of animals, and occasionally humans; formerly considered to be a useful medicine with magical properties and apparently still used for this purpose in some countries; according to the substance forming the ball, may be termed trichobezoar (hairball), trichophytobezoar (hair and vegetable fiber mixed), or ...
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