BEZOAR

Definition: BEZOAR

BEZOAR

Noun

1. 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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Date "BEZOAR" was first used: 1477. (references)

Specialty Definitions: BEZOAR

Domain	Definitions
Health	A ball of food, mucus, vegetable fiber, hair, or other material that cannot be digested in the stomach. Bezoars can cause blockage, ulcers, and bleeding. (references)
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Specialty Definition: Bezoar

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

A bezoar is a sort of calculus or concretion, a stone found in the intestines of mostly ruminant animals. There are several varieties of bezoar, some of which have inorganic constituents and others organic.

Bezoars were formerly sought after because they were believed to have the power of a universal antidote against any poison. It was believed that a drinking glass which contained a bezoar set within would neutralize any poison poured into the glass. The word "bezoar" ultimately comes from the Farsi pâdzahr, which literally means "protection from poison."

A famous case in the common law of England announced the rule of caveat emptor, "let the buyer beware" if the goods he purchased are in fact genuine and effective, in a case over a purchaser who sued for the return of the purchase price of an allegedly fraudulent bezoar. (How the plaintiff discovered that the bezoar did not work is unfortunately not discussed in the report.) Judicial scepticism over the alleged magical powers of bezoars may well have justified this judgment in this particular case. The ruling, however, was seized on and formed an impediment to the formation of effective consumer protection remedies and the law of implied warranty well into the nineteenth century.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Bezoar."

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Crosswords: BEZOAR

English words defined with "BEZOAR": Bezoar antelope, Bezoar goat, Bezoar mineral, Bezoardic, Bezoartical ♦ Ellagic acid ♦ Hippolith ♦ Lithobilic ♦ Mohr ♦ Paseng. (references)

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Commercial Usage: BEZOAR

Domain	Title
Books	A pedra bezoar : crâonica de cando a trasnada do Miäno (reference) (more book examples)
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Photo Album: BEZOAR

Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Du Bezoar.Credit: National Library of Medicine.
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Expressions: BEZOAR

Expressions using "BEZOAR": Bezoar antelope ♦ Bezoar goat ♦ Bezoar mineral. Additional references.
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: BEZOAR

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
bezoar	25
bezoar gastric	3
bezoar imaging	2
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Modern Translations: BEZOAR

Language		Translations for "BEZOAR"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		bezoar (aegagropile, bezard), hårboller (aegagropile, bezard). (various references)

Dutch		bezoarsteen (aegagropile, bezard), bezoar (aegagropile, bezard). (various references)

Finnish		besoaari (aegagropile, bezard). (various references)

French		bézoard (bezard), concrétion gastrique (bezard), aegagropile (bezard), égagropile (bezard). (various references)

German		Bezoar (aegagropile, bezard), Zoobezoar (aegagropile, bezard), Phytobezoar (aegagropile, bezard), Haarball (aegagropile, bezard). (various references)

Greek		πίλημα (aegagropile, bezard, felt, felted wool, felting), αιγαγροπίλημα (aegagropile, bezard). (various references)

Indonesian		guliga. (various references)

Italian		egagropilo (aegagropile, bezard). (various references)

Pig Latin		ezoarbay

Portuguese		egagropilo (aegagropile, bezard). (various references)

Spanish		bezoar (aegagropile, bezard), egagropila (aegagropile, bezard), concreción gástrica (aegagropile, bezard). (various references)

Swedish		bezoar (aegagropile, bezard), pilibezoar (aegagropile, bezard), hårboll (aegagropile, bezard), aegagropilus (aegagropile, bezard). (various references)
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Ancestral Language Translations: BEZOAR

Language	Period	Translations
Persian	800-Modern	pad-zahr. (various references)
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Derivations: BEZOAR

Derivations
	Words beginning with "BEZOAR": bezoars. (additional references)
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Anagrams: BEZOAR

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-b-e-o-r-z"
	-1 letter: braze, zebra.
	-2 letters: aero, bare, bear, boar, bora, bore, brae, raze, robe, zero, zoea.
	-3 letters: abo, arb, are, azo, bar, boa, bra, bro, ear, era, oar, obe, ora, orb, ore, reb, rob, roe, zoa.
	-4 letters: ab, ae, ar, ba, be, bo, er, oe, or, re.
	Words containing the letters "a-b-e-o-r-z"
	+1 letter: bezoars.
	+2 letters: arborize, blazoner.
	+3 letters: arborized, arborizes, blazoners, carbazole, carbonize, zebrawood.
	+4 letters: aerobicize, benzofuran, bipolarize, blazonries, carbazoles, carbonized, carbonizes, emblazoner, emblazonry, zebrawoods.
	+5 letters: aerobicized, aerobicizes, amortizable, azotobacter, benzofurans, bipolarized, bipolarizes, decarbonize, emblazoners, memorizable, organizable, polarizable, pyrolyzable, vaporizable.
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