Bolus

Word BOLUS
Character 5
Hyphenation bo lus
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Bolus"

What do we mean by bolus?

A round mass. noun

A single, relatively large quantity of a substance, such as a dose of a drug, intended for therapeutic use and taken orally. noun

A concentrated mass of a substance administered intravenously for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes. noun

A soft mass of chewed food within the mouth or digestive tract. noun

A soft round mass of anything medicinal, larger than an ordinary pill, to be swallowed at once. noun

Figuratively, anything disagreeable, as an unpalatable doctrine or argument, that has to be accepted or tolerated. noun

A rounded mass of anything, esp. a large pill. noun

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

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

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

A large pill; used especially in veterinary medicine noun

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.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Bolus

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The word "bolus" in example sentences

In reading messages I see the word bolus or something like that. ❋ Unknown (2010)

In gray matter, the labelled bolus is dispersed within three main compartments during image acquisition: the intravascular compartment; intracellular tissue space; and the extracellular tissue space. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The weapon is called the bolus, and flying through the air it encircles the legs of the guana, bringing it to the earth. ❋ Unknown (1892)

While it is possible children are more vulnerable in Africa because of malnutrition and the severity of diseases such as malaria, doctors say there is no clear reason why an injection of a large amount of fluid through a 15-minute drip - known as a bolus - would be more dangerous in Africa than in Europe. ❋ Sarah Boseley (2011)

When swallowing a bolus, which is a chunk of chewed food, it causes the esophagus to be stretched. ❋ Unknown (2010)

After mastication, the food is worked by the tongue and cheeks into a saliva-soaked "bolus" and swallowed. ❋ Unknown (1906)

Tim Jones is right: as he points out, even if you discount the CRU findings holus-bolus, the same results have been replicated elsewhere. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Is it any surprise that they cannot remember the bolus of information we thrust upon them later in life? ❋ Unknown (2009)

Or, for dessert, a new bolus of legislation, all the parliamentary sewage flushed into one, a bill so heinous it will make it impossible even for Israel's best friends to defend Israel as a democracy, so extreme it will remove every remaining moral obstruction to branding Israel outright apartheid. ❋ Bradley Burston (2011)

There was no escaping other people's skin in that cramped bolus of walkers, tripping over each other's legs. ❋ Chris Braiotta (2011)

I don't buy the refutations of the "Engage" crowd holus-bolus, but I do believe that we need to take considerable care in our political uses of analogies. ❋ Unknown (2009)

She was given a rapid intravenous bolus of normal saline and was admitted to the medical intensive care unit. ❋ Unknown (2010)

There are several types of insulin (rapid-, short-, intermediate-, and long-acting) and regimes (basal/bolus through pump or multiple injections) appropriate for different patients in different circumstances. ❋ Dinkar Jain (2012)

How the Volt got to be so efficient is a long, complex story that starts with a huge bolus of computer coding that manages the battery and the Voltec propulsion system. ❋ Dan Neil (2010)

From Desmog: The SPPInstitute is a project of Robert Ferguson, whose oil connections were clear enough when he started an earlier such organization, the Center for Science and Public Policy, with a large bolus of cash from Exxon Mobil. ❋ Unknown (2010)

A bolus of spit flew from his mouth as he screamed. ❋ Unknown (2008)

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