Meanings
plural bezoars · alternative bezoard
- A mass, usually of hair or undigested vegetable matter, found in a human or animal's intestines, similar to a hairball.
- An enterolith.
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Middle Persianpʾtzhl“bezoar, antidote”
- Arabicبَازَهْر
- Frenchbézoard
- Spanishbezoar
- Englishbezoar
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.
More words from Spanish, French, Arabic
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic بازهر
- بازهرmass of undigested matter
Catalan betzoar
- betzoarmass of undigested matter
Chinese Mandarin 胃石, 牛黃 /牛黄
- 胃石 (wèishí)mass of undigested matter
- 牛黃 /牛黄 (niúhuáng)mass of undigested matter
- 馬寶 /马宝 (mǎbǎo)mass of undigested matter
Czech bezoár
- bezoármass of undigested matter
Danish bezoarsten
- bezoarstenmass of undigested matter
Esperanto bezoaro
- bezoaromass of undigested matter
Estonian besoaar, pulstik
- besoaarmass of undigested matter
- pulstikmass of undigested matter
Finnish besoaari
- besoaarimass of undigested matter
French bézoard
- bézoardmass of undigested matter
German Bezoar
- Bezoarmass of undigested matter
Greek πεντζέχρι
- πεντζέχρι (pentzéchri)mass of undigested matter
Hebrew בזואר
- בזוארmass of undigested matter
Hindi बेज़ार, पादज़हर
- बेज़ार (bezār)mass of undigested matter
- पादज़हर (pādazhar)mass of undigested matter
- पाज़हर (pāzhar)mass of undigested matter
- ज़हर-मोहरा (zahar-mohrā)mass of undigested matter
Italian bezoario
- bezoariomass of undigested matter
Japanese 牛黄
- 牛黄 (goō)mass of undigested matter
Persian پادزهر, بنداک
- پادزهر (pâdzahr)mass of undigested matter
- بنداک (bandâk)mass of undigested matter
Polish bezoar
- bezoarmass of undigested matter
Portuguese bezoar
- bezoarmass of undigested matter
Russian безоа́р
- безоа́р (bezoár)mass of undigested matter
Spanish bezoar
- bezoarmass of undigested matter
Swedish besoar, bezoar
- besoarmass of undigested matter
- bezoarmass of undigested matter
Ukrainian безоар
- безоар (bezoar)mass of undigested matter
Urdu بیزار, پادزہر
- بیزار (bezār)mass of undigested matter
- پادزہرmass of undigested matter
- پازہرmass of undigested matter
- زہر مہرہmass of undigested matter
Cite this entry
bezoar. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bezoar
“bezoar.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bezoar. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bezoar,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bezoar.
Source: bezoar on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.