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bezoar

[ bee-zawr, -zohr ]

noun

  1. a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, especially ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
  2. Obsolete. a counterpoison or antidote.


bezoar

/ 藞产颈藧锄蓴藧 /

noun

  1. a hard mass, such as a stone or hairball, in the stomach and intestines of animals, esp ruminants, and man: formerly thought to be an antidote to poisons
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of bezoar1

First recorded in 1470鈥80; earlier bezear, from Medieval Latin bezahar, from Arabic 产腻(诲颈)锄补丑谤, from Persian 辫腻诲-锄补丑谤 鈥渁ntidote, counterpoison,鈥 from 辫腻诲- 鈥減rotector鈥 + zahr 鈥減oison鈥 ( bane ( def ) )
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of bezoar1

C15: from Old French 产茅锄辞补谤诲 , from Arabic 产腻锄补丑谤 , from Persian 产腻诲锄补丑谤 , from 产腻诲 against + zahr poison
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A bezoar is a solid mass of indigestible material that accumulates in the digestive tract, which can cause a blockage, according to the MayoClinic.

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In this case of this patient, who was identified as Ms. Zhang, her doctor first ordered an endoscopy to determine what exactly the bezoar was.

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A woman in her 40s who was admitted to a hospital in East China with severe abdominal pains was found to have a 2-inch indigestible bezoar in the middle of her stomach.

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Once her doctor, Zhu Zhen, determined that it was a bezoar, which had formed as a result of her diet consisting of persimmon fruits and crab meat, he prescribed ultrasound shock wave therapy to help break the mass apart, AsiaWire reported.

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At the championship, they tackled such words as troika, jeremiad, syndrome, vitriol, spinet, bezoar and cynosure.

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