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madstone

noun mad·stone \ˈmad-ˌstōn\

Medical Definition of MADSTONE

:  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)

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