bolus
[boh-luh s]
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.
Origin of bolus
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Related Words for bolus
medicine, tablet, dose, pellet, pill, bullet, lozenge, troche, cap, food, chew, rumen, quid, stone, ball, shot, wad, mass, rock, pebbleExamples from the Web for bolus
Contemporary Examples of bolus
But whatever $54 million antibiotic the bolus of cash might produce will itself become useless after a year or a decade.
Historical Examples of bolus
And gave it to him,—a bolus as large as a musket ball, and as heavy.
The Story of a MineBret Harte
There you sit snoring, forgetting her ills; Who is to give her her Bolus and Pills?
The Book of Humorous VerseVarious
The dose is two drachms in powder, or the same made into a bolus.
The Mystery and Romance of Alchemy and PharmacyCharles John Samuel Thompson
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.
bolus
noun plural -luses
Word Origin for bolus
C17: from New Latin, from Greek bōlos clod, lump
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bolus
[bō′ləs]
n. pl. bo•lus•es
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