BEZOARS

Noun

bezoars

plural of bezoar

Source: Wiktionary


BEZOAR

Be"zoar, n. Etym: [F. bézoard, fr. Ar. bazahr, badizahr, fr. Per. pad-zahr bezoar; pad protecting + zahr poison; cf. Pg. & Sp. bezoar.]

Definition: 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.

Note: Two kinds were particularly esteemed, the Bezoar orientale of India, and the Bezoar occidentale of Peru. Bezoar antelope. See Antelope.

– Bezoar goat (Zoöl.), the wild goat (Capra ægagrus).

– Bezoar mineral, an old preparation of oxide of antimony. Ure.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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