bolus
Americannoun
plural
boluses-
Pharmacology, Veterinary Medicine. a round mass of medicinal material, larger than an ordinary pill. bol.
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a soft, roundish mass or lump, especially of chewed food.
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bole.
noun
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a small round soft mass, esp of chewed food
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an intravenous injection of a single dose of a drug over a short period
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obsolete a large pill or tablet used in veterinary and clinical medicine
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another word for bole 2
Etymology
Origin of bolus
1595–1605; < Late Latin bōlus clod of earth < Greek bôlos clod, lump; see bole 2
Example Sentences
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The writer’s literary assistant in the last decade of his life, Julia Bolus — also director of the Arthur Miller Trust and a Writing Studio board member — remembers the studio well.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 2, 2023
Bob Bolus and his four trucks are coming.
From Washington Post • Feb. 24, 2022
One of the protest organisers, Bob Bolus, told a local Fox News TV station that his group aimed to shut down the Beltway, a highway that surrounds Washington.
From BBC • Feb. 23, 2022
On Sunday, FOX5 DC interviewed Bob Bolus, an organizer of the coming D.C. convoy.
From Fox News • Feb. 22, 2022
A practical quarrel followed between Dr. Bolus and myself, in which the friends joined, or, at least, strongly sympathized.
From Forty Years in the Wilderness of Pills and Powders Cogitations and Confessions of an Aged Physician by Alcott, William A. (William Andrus)
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