bezoar

From French bézoard, based on Arabic بَازَهْر‎ (bāzahr), from Middle Persian pʾtzhl (pādzahr, “bezoar, antidote”). In ancient times, bezoars from animals were ground up and ingested as remedies for various maladies and as antidotes to poisons.

• (General American) enPR: bēʹzōr, IPA^(key): /ˈbizɔɹ/, /ˈbizoɹ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbiːzɔː/, /ˈbɛzəʊɑː/
• Hyphenation: be‧zoar

bezoar (plural bezoars)

1. A mass, usually of hair or undigested vegetable matter, found in an animal's intestines; a hairball.
2. An enterolith.

From French bézoard, from Arabic بَازَهْر‎ (bāzahr), from Middle Persian pʾtzhl (pādzahr, “bezoar, antidote”).

bezoar m (invariable)

1. bezoar

• benzoar

bezoar m (plural bezoares)

1. bezoar (mass of undigested matter)

From French bézoard, from Arabic بَازَهْر‎ (bāzahr), superseding native bezaar, from the same source.

• (z-s distinction) IPA^(key): [be.θoˈaɾ]
• (seseo merger) IPA^(key): [be.soˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ

bezoar m (plural bezoares)

1. bezoar

• bezoárico

• “bezoar” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.