bezoar en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈbiː.zɔː/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (Southern-England) audio
- bēʹzōr (General-American)
- /ˈbi.zɔɹ/ (General-American)
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish bezoar and/or French bézoard, based on Arabic بَازَهْر (bāzahr), from Middle Persian pʾtzhl (pādzahr, “bezoar, antidote”), from a compound of words meaning “to protect” and “poison” (literally “killing thing”), thus a bezoar was “that which protects against poison”. In ancient times, bezoars from animals were ground up and ingested as remedies for various maladies and as antidotes to poisons.
Meanings
- A mass, usually of hair or undigested vegetable matter, found in a human or animal's intestines, similar to a hairball.
- An enterolith.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| bezoars | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| bezoard | alternative | lexicographic |
Deriveds
pharmacobezoar · bezoar mineral · bezoar goat · pseudobezoar · bezoar antelope · trichobezoar · diospyrobezoar · bezoar ibex · phytobezoar · bezoardic
Synonyms
Translations (40)
ru безоа́р (mass of undigested matter) · pl bezoar (mass of undigested matter) · uk безоар (mass of undigested matter) · cs bezoár (mass of undigested matter) · it bezoario (mass of undigested matter) · ur پادزہر (mass of undigested matter) · da bezoarsten (mass of undigested matter) · ur پازہر (mass of undigested matter) · fa بنداک (mass of undigested matter) · ps جړمری (mass of undigested matter) · yua tuunich kéej (mass of undigested matter) · ja 牛黄 (mass of undigested matter) · hi पाज़हर (mass of undigested matter) · sv besoar (mass of undigested matter) · sv bezoar (mass of undigested matter) · hi पादज़हर (mass of undigested matter) · et besoaar (mass of undigested matter) · io bezoaro (mass of undigested matter) · cmn 馬寶 /马宝 (mass of undigested matter) · cmn 牛黃 /牛黄 (mass of undigested matter) · es bezoar (mass of undigested matter) · hi ज़हर-मोहरा (mass of undigested matter) · pt bezoar (mass of undigested matter) · el πεντζέχρι (mass of undigested matter) · cmn 胃石 (mass of undigested matter) · de Bezoar (mass of undigested matter) · ur بیزار (mass of undigested matter) · fi besoaari (mass of undigested matter) · uz bezoarlar (mass of undigested matter) · xal зад (mass of undigested matter) · sd بازھر (mass of undigested matter) · he בזואר (mass of undigested matter) · fr bézoard (mass of undigested matter) · ur زہر مہرہ (mass of undigested matter) · et pulstik (mass of undigested matter) · fa پادزهر (mass of undigested matter) · eo bezoaro (mass of undigested matter) · ar بازهر (mass of undigested matter) · hi बेज़ार (mass of undigested matter) · ca betzoar (mass of undigested matter)