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mad·stone

n :  a stony concretion (as a hair ball taken from the stomach of a deer) supposed formerly in folklore and by some physicians to counteract the poisonous effects of the bite of an animal (as one affected with rabies) .
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  mediastina 

 
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