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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread bezoar #87636 11/23/2002 9:34 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 A spelling bee word. I had a very lovable kitten that died of a trichobezoar. Bezoar Definition: A ball of swallowed foreign material (usually hair or fiber) that collects in the stomach and fails to pass through the intestines. Alternative Names: Trichobezoar; Hairball Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: bezoar #87637 11/23/2002 10:05 PM Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... What did the "tricho" have to do with the "bezoar"? I've heard of trichonosis, but that's something altogether different, isn't it? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: bezoar #87638 11/23/2002 11:19 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Tut,tut,meine liebe Wortkennerin, remember trichotillomania, trichiasis,trichotomists, Remember anal trichiasis, having a hair across.....its a hairy topic. A trichobezoar is a hairball. Longhaired kittens grooming themselves swallow enough hairs which will not digest, don't even leave stomach, until there is a golfball sized mass obstructing the pylorus. I had never seen it before, and could not imagine what was wrong. I found it on PM, Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: bezoar #87639 11/24/2002 12:24 AM Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Well, if a bezoar is a hairball, and tricho = hair, then it seems a trichobezoar is a hairy hairball. I've heard of hairy eyeballs, but this is the first I've heard of hairy hairballs. It would have made a great Hogwash word. You should have sent it to tsuwm! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: bezoar #87640 11/24/2002 12:37 AM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 bezoar n. 5Fr b=zoard < Sp bezoar < Ar bazahr < Pers padzahr < pad, protecting (against) + zahr, poison6 a concretion found in the stomach or intestines of some animals, esp. ruminants, and sometimes humans, formerly thought to be an antidote for poisons Dear WW: as above, note that the hairy ones were not in original mentions. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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