NOTE: This is the Professional Version. CONSUMERS: Click here for the Consumer Version. A bezoar is a tightly packed collection of partially digested or undigested material that is unable to exit the stomach. Gastric bezoars are usually rare and can occur in all age groups. They often occur in patients with behavior disorder or abnormal gastric emptying and also after gastric surgery.
verb (used without object), presided, presiding. 1. to occupy the place of authority or control, as in an assembly or meeting; act as president or chairperson. 2. to exercise management or control (usually followed by over): The lawyer presided over the estate. Origin of preside.
The Latin word dominus, meaning âmaster,â gives us the root domin. Words from the Latin dominus have something to do with being another's master. To dominate is to have power and control over as if being someone's master. A domain, or land under the control of a government, is a land with a particular master or ruler.