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noun
- 1. a small rounded mass of a substance, especially of chewed food at the moment of swallowing: "mucin holds the particles of food together in a ball or bolus"
- 2. a type of large pill used in veterinary medicine.
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a small round lump of a substance, especially partly digested food: They found a large bolus of clogged material in her stomach. Fewer examples. The gel may form a bolus. After taking a drink the food is brought back up in a bolus. Meat bolus was the most common cause of esophageal obstruction.
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BOLUS meaning: 1. a small round lump of a substance,...
- Znaczenie Bolus, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary
bolus definicja: 1. a small round lump of a substance,...
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1. : a rounded mass: such as. a. : a large pill. b. : a soft mass of chewed food. 2. medical. a. : a dose of a substance (such as a drug) given intravenously. b. : a large dose of a substance given by injection for the purpose of rapidly achieving the needed therapeutic concentration in the bloodstream. Examples of bolus in a Sentence.
Bolus definition: a round mass of medicinal material, larger than an ordinary pill. Abbreviation. See examples of BOLUS used in a sentence.
A bolus is a single large dose of a drug intended to achieve a certain concentration of the drug in the blood. Administer the medicine frequently, in small volumes, rather than as a single large bolus .
Definition of bolus noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
2 days ago · Definitions of bolus. noun. a small round soft mass (as of chewed food) see more. noun. a large pill; used especially in veterinary medicine. see more. Cite this entry. Style:
1. a round mass of medicinal material, larger than an ordinary pill. 2. a soft, roundish mass or lump, esp. of chewed food. [1595–1605; < Late Latin bōlus clod of earth < Greek bôlos]
