bezoar

Definitions


[ˈbɛzəʊɑː], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a small stony concretion which may form in the stomachs of certain animals, especially ruminants, and which was once used as an antidote for various ailments

- a wild goat with flat scimitar-shaped horns, found from Greece to Pakistan. The ancestor of the domestic goat, it was the best-known source of bezoars


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Origin:
late 15th century (in the general sense ‘stone or concretion’): from French bezoard, based on Arabic bāzahr, bādizahr, from Persian pādzahr ‘antidote’




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