: any of various calculi found chiefly in the gastrointestinal organs and formerly believed to possess magical properties
called also bezoar stone
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Treatment of bezoars involves dissolving or removing the bezoar through various techniques.
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Jay N. Yepuri, Verywell Health, 26 Sep. 2024
Sometimes, the delay caused by it can also allow food to clump together into a solid mass known as a bezoar, which can obstruct the stomach and block anything from reaching the small intestine—a potentially life-threatening complication.
—Ed Cara/ Gizmodo, Quartz, 21 May 2024
Gender, symptom duration, size of bezoar and method of cola administration were not significantly different between the two groups.
—Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 18 Oct. 2013
The purpose of this case report is to demonstrate how an obstructing bezoar caused an appendicitis-like syndrome in a patient with negative CT scan and clinical diagnosis of acute appendicitis.
—Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 28 July 2017
The pendant is backed with an Indian bezoar stone, famous in Europe for its healing properties.
—Sean Kingsley, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 July 2022
The wild ancestor of today’s domestic goat (Capra aegagrus hircus), the bezoar (C. aegagrus), was their primary prey.
—Michael Price, Science | AAAS, 7 June 2021
Early modern royals acquired exotic natural artifacts such as bezoars—digestive stones produced in the intestines of large ruminants and believed to possess healing qualities.
—Andrew Katzenstein, The New York Review of Books, 25 Nov. 2019
No scientific evidence exists for any curative properties of bezoars.
—Peter Yeung, National Geographic, 22 Mar. 2019
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Jay N. Yepuri, Verywell Health, 26 Sep. 2024
Sometimes, the delay caused by it can also allow food to clump together into a solid mass known as a bezoar, which can obstruct the stomach and block anything from reaching the small intestine—a potentially life-threatening complication.
—Ed Cara/ Gizmodo, Quartz, 21 May 2024
Gender, symptom duration, size of bezoar and method of cola administration were not significantly different between the two groups.
—Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 18 Oct. 2013
The purpose of this case report is to demonstrate how an obstructing bezoar caused an appendicitis-like syndrome in a patient with negative CT scan and clinical diagnosis of acute appendicitis.
—Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 28 July 2017
The pendant is backed with an Indian bezoar stone, famous in Europe for its healing properties.
—Sean Kingsley, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 July 2022
The wild ancestor of today’s domestic goat (Capra aegagrus hircus), the bezoar (C. aegagrus), was their primary prey.
—Michael Price, Science | AAAS, 7 June 2021
Early modern royals acquired exotic natural artifacts such as bezoars—digestive stones produced in the intestines of large ruminants and believed to possess healing qualities.
—Andrew Katzenstein, The New York Review of Books, 25 Nov. 2019
No scientific evidence exists for any curative properties of bezoars.
—Peter Yeung, National Geographic, 22 Mar. 2019
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bezoar
noun
be·zoar
ˈbē-ˌzō(ə)r, -ˌzȯ(ə)r 
: any of various calculi found in the gastrointestinal organs especially of ruminants
called also bezoar stone
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