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Bezoars
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Definition
: Concretions of swallowed hair, fruit or vegetable fibers, or similar substances found in the alimentary canal.
concretions from ingested foreign matter; coord IM with organ (IM), not organ/dis: Manual 21.39
Other names
Trichobezoars; Hair Balls; Trichobezoar; Hair Ball; Bezoar; Balls, Hair; Ball, Hair