bezoar Synonyms & Antonyms
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Bezoar as a Noun
A mass, usually of hair or undigested vegetable matter, found in a human or animal's intestines, similar to a hairball.
An enterolith.
A mass, usually of hair or undigested vegetable matter, found in an animal's intestines; a hairball.
Word Forms & Grammar
bezoar (plural bezoars)
Origin of Bezoar
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.
Bezoar in Brief
| Part of speech | noun |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /ˈbi.zɔɹ/ |
| Syllables | 2 |
| Meaning | A mass, usually of hair or undigested vegetable matter, found in a human or animal's intestines, similar to… |
| Plural | bezoars |
Bezoar Pronunciation
You say bezoar as /ˈbi.zɔɹ/. It has 2 syllables, with the main stress on the first syllable (bi).