Definitions for: Bezoar

Webster (1913) Definition: Be"zoar, n. [F. b['e]zoard, fr. Ar. b[=a]zahr,
b[=a]dizahr, fr. Per. p[=a]d-zahr bezoar; p[=a]d protecting +
zahr poison; cf. Pg. & Sp. bezoar.]
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.

Note: Two kinds were particularly esteemed, the Bezoar
orientale of India, and the Bezoar occidentale of Peru.

Bezoar antelope. See Antelope.

Bezoar goat (Zo["o]l.), the wild goat (Capra [ae]gagrus).

Bezoar mineral, an old preparation of oxide of antimony.
--Ure.

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