bolus

American  

[boh-luhs] / ˈboʊ ləs /

noun

boluses plural

1. Pharmacology, Veterinary Medicine. a round mass of medicinal material, larger than an ordinary pill. bol.

2. a soft, roundish mass or lump, especially of chewed food.

3. bole.

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bolus British  

/ ˈbəʊləs /

noun

1. a small round soft mass, esp of chewed food

2. an intravenous injection of a single dose of a drug over a short period

3. obsolete a large pill or tablet used in veterinary and clinical medicine

4. another word for bole 2

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Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

• boluses
  plural

Etymology

Origin of bolus

1595–1605; < Late Latin bōlus clod of earth < Greek bôlos clod, lump; see bole ²

Related Words

• dose
• pellet
• pill