Bezoar
n.-
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.
Bezoar antelope .
See
Bezoar goat (Zoöl.),
the wild goat (
Bezoar mineral ,
an old preparation of oxide of antimony.

