bolus

[ boh-luhs ]

/ ˈboʊ ləs /

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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.

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Origin of bolus

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

Words nearby bolus

boltonia, boltrope, bolt upright, Boltzmann, Boltzmann constant, bolus, Bolyai, Bolzano, Bolzano-Weierstrass theorem, Boma, Bomarc

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How to use bolus in a sentence

Some of the brain waves these organoids produced are reminiscent of a brain having a seizure, in which a bolus of electrical activity scrambles normal brain business.
How personalized brain organoids could help us demystify disorders|Laura Sanders|September 3, 2021|Science News
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|DAILY BEAST
Experience is the grand spiritual Doctor; and with him Teufelsdrockh has now been long a patient, swallowing many a bitter bolus.
Sartor Resartus|Thomas Carlyle
Nor shall I tarry at the palace for the physician, but go straight on without bolus, simples or pills, a very Mercury for speed.
Under the Rose|Frederic Stewart Isham

Ordered a bolus with rhubarb and calomel, to be taken in the morning, and ℥ii.
An Account of the Foxglove and some of its Medical Uses|William Withering
Nature, tenderest of leeches,—no bolus of hers is pleasanter medicament than her ruddy strawberries.
Mount Rainier|Various
As she had often done in her late illness, Zenobia opened her mouth at the word of command, and swallowed the infernal bolus.
Short Sixes|H. C. Bunner

British Dictionary definitions for bolus

bolus

/ (ˈbəʊləs) /

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 for bolus

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

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