BOLUS

bolus

(noun) a large pill; used especially in veterinary medicine

bolus

(noun) a small round soft mass (as of chewed food)

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

bolus (plural boli or boluses)

A round mass of something, especially of chewed food in the mouth or alimentary canal.

A single, large dose of a drug, especially one in that form.

Usage notes

• Boli is the somewhat more common plural form of bolus in scholarly use.

Verb

bolus (third-person singular simple present boluses, present participle bolusing, simple past and past participle bolused)

(intransitive) To take a dose of insulin at a mealtime in order to control one's blood glucose level in diabetes.

Anagrams

• Loubs, bouls, lobus

Source: Wiktionary

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Bo"lus, n.; pl. Boluses. Etym: [L. bolus bit, morsel; cf. G. lump of earth. See Bole, n., clay.]

Definition: A rounded mass of anything, esp. a large pill.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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