What is the meaning of 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.
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