bolus

[boh-luh s]

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noun, plural bo·lus·es.

Pharmacology, Veterinary Medicine. a round mass of medicinal material, larger than an ordinary pill. Abbreviation: bol.
a soft, roundish mass or lump, especially of chewed food.
bole².

Origin of bolus

1595–1605; < Late Latin bōlus clod of earth < Greek bôlos clod, lump; see bole²

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Examples from the Web for bolus

Contemporary Examples

But whatever $54 million antibiotic the bolus of cash might produce will itself become useless after a year or a decade.
Drug-Resistant Gonorrhea, the ‘Sex Superbug,’ Is Not Worse Than AIDS
Kent Sepkowitz
May 7, 2013

Historical Examples

And gave it to him,—a bolus as large as a musket ball, and as heavy.
The Story of a Mine
Bret Harte
There you sit snoring, forgetting her ills; Who is to give her her Bolus and Pills?
The Book of Humorous Verse
Various
The dose is two drachms in powder, or the same made into a bolus.
The Mystery and Romance of Alchemy and Pharmacy
Charles John Samuel Thompson
Basilie powder one scruple, conserve of wormwood, a sufficient quantity to make into one bolus for an adult.
Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I
Arnold Cooley
Anti-emetic and anti-flatulent; in colic, diarrha, &c.; in the form of a bolus, or made into a mixture.
Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I
Arnold Cooley

British Dictionary definitions for bolus

bolus

noun plural -luses

a small round soft mass, esp of chewed food
an intravenous injection of a single dose of a drug over a short period
obsolete a large pill or tablet used in veterinary and clinical medicine
another word for bole 2

Word Origin

C17: from New Latin, from Greek bōlos clod, lump

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bolus in Medicine

bolus

(bō′ləs)

n. pl. bo•lus•es

A round mass.
A single, relatively large dose of a drug that is administered for therapeutic purposes and taken orally.
A concentrated mass of a pharmaceutical substance administered intravenously for therapeutic or diagnostic purposes.
A soft mass of chewed food within the mouth or alimentary canal.

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Examples from the Web for bolus

Contemporary Examples

But whatever $54 million antibiotic the bolus of cash might produce will itself become useless after a year or a decade.

Historical Examples

And gave it to him,—a bolus as large as a musket ball, and as heavy.

There you sit snoring, forgetting her ills; Who is to give her her Bolus and Pills?

The dose is two drachms in powder, or the same made into a bolus.

Basilie powder one scruple, conserve of wormwood, a sufficient quantity to make into one bolus for an adult.

Anti-emetic and anti-flatulent; in colic, diarrha, &c.; in the form of a bolus, or made into a mixture.

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Word Origin

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Origin of bolus