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Definition: bezoar
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Definition: Bezoar
Bezoar
\Be"zoar\, n. [F. b['e]zoard, fr. Ar. b[=a]zahr,
b[=a]dizahr, fr. Per. p[=a]d-zahr bezoar; p[=a]d protecting +
zahr poison; cf. Pg. & Sp. 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 unfailing antidote
for poison, and a certain remedy for eruptive, pestilential,
or putrid diseases. Hence: Any antidote or panacea.
[1913 Webster]
Note: Two kinds were particularly esteemed, the Bezoar
orientale of India, and the Bezoar occidentale of Peru.
[1913 Webster]
Bezoar antelope. See
Antelope.
Bezoar goat (Zo["o]l.), the wild goat (
Capra [ae]gagrus).
Bezoar mineral, an old preparation of oxide of antimony.
--Ure.
[1913 Webster]
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