Diseases

Bezoars

Concretions of swallowed hair, fruit or vegetable fibers, or similar substances found in the alimentary canal.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

Concretions of swallowed hair, fruit or vegetable fibers, or similar substances found in the alimentary canal.

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Synonyms

7 entry terms
  • Bezoar
  • Hair Balls
  • Trichobezoars
  • Ball, Hair
  • Balls, Hair
  • Hair Ball
  • Trichobezoar

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Aspects Covered

35 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

concretions from ingested foreign matter; coord IM with organ (IM), not organ/dis: Manual 21.39

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Tree Number

  1. C26w.392w.183w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Bezoars. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D001630. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D001630
  2. Bezoars. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bezoar
  3. Bezoars. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q851415