📚 Bezoar, noun. 🔉 /ˈbiːzɔː/ 🇬🇧 ❓ Definition: A small stony concretion which may form in the stomachs of certain animals, especially ruminants, and which was once used as an antidote for various ailments. ❗️ Examples: 1. They induced him to swallow therapeutic potions of oriental bezoar stone from the stomach of a goat and boiled spirits from a human skull. 2. An obstruction series or plain abdominal radiographs may be necessary to distinguish obstruction from parasites or bezoars. 3. Endoscopy revealed a large gastric bezoar and a 2 x 3 em lower esophageal ulcer that was thought to be the source of bleeding. 4. This sometimes results in a serious medical problem called gastric bezoar - more commonly known as a hairball - which may require surgical removal. 5. Patients were still observed to empty liquids rapidly, leading to the ‘dumping syndrome’, and to retain solids, leading to bezoar formation. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🌀 @cambridge_dic