noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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General-American:bēʹzōr
General-American:/ˈbi.zɔɹ/
Received-Pronunciation:/ˈbiː.zɔː/
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1
noun
Meaning 1
A mass, usually of hair or undigested vegetable matter, found in a human or animal's intestines, similar to a hairball.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
An enterolith.
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
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.
Across languages
Translations
39 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
بازهر
— mass of undigested matter
Catalan:
betzoar
— mass of undigested matter
Chinese Mandarin:
胃石
(wèishí)
— mass of undigested matter
Chinese Mandarin:
牛黃 /牛黄
(niúhuáng)
— mass of undigested matter
Chinese Mandarin:
馬寶 /马宝
(mǎbǎo)
— mass of undigested matter
Czech:
bezoár
— mass of undigested matter
Danish:
bezoarsten
— mass of undigested matter
Esperanto:
bezoaro
— mass of undigested matter
Estonian:
besoaar
— mass of undigested matter
Estonian:
pulstik
— mass of undigested matter
Finnish:
besoaari
— mass of undigested matter
French:
bézoard
— mass of undigested matter
German:
Bezoar
— mass of undigested matter
Greek:
πεντζέχρι
(pentzéchri)
— mass of undigested matter
Hebrew:
בזואר
— mass of undigested matter
Hindi:
बेज़ार
(bezār)
— mass of undigested matter
Hindi:
पादज़हर
(pādazhar)
— mass of undigested matter
Hindi:
पाज़हर
(pāzhar)
— mass of undigested matter
Hindi:
ज़हर-मोहरा
(zahar-mohrā)
— mass of undigested matter
Ido:
bezoaro
— mass of undigested matter
Italian:
bezoario
— mass of undigested matter
Kalmyk:
зад
(zad)
— mass of undigested matter
Pashto:
جړمری
— mass of undigested matter
Persian:
پادزهر
(pâdzahr)
— mass of undigested matter
Persian:
بنداک
(bandâk)
— mass of undigested matter
Polish:
bezoar
— mass of undigested matter
Portuguese:
bezoar
— mass of undigested matter
Russian:
безоа́р
(bezoár)
— mass of undigested matter
Sindhi:
بازھر
(bāzhr)
— mass of undigested matter
Spanish:
bezoar
— mass of undigested matter
Swedish:
besoar
— mass of undigested matter
Swedish:
bezoar
— mass of undigested matter
Ukrainian:
безоар
(bezoar)
— mass of undigested matter
Urdu:
بیزار
(bezār)
— mass of undigested matter
Urdu:
پادزہر
— mass of undigested matter
Urdu:
پازہر
— mass of undigested matter
Urdu:
زہر مہرہ
— mass of undigested matter
Uzbek:
bezoarlar
— mass of undigested matter
Yucatec Maya:
tuunich kéej
— mass of undigested matter
