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bolus

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bo·lus  (bls)
n. pl. bo·lus·es
1. A round mass: "A dense bolus of trapped dolphins fills the frame" (Kenneth Browser).
2.
a. A single, relatively large quantity of a substance, such as a dose of a drug, intended for therapeutic use and taken orally.
b. A concentrated mass of a substance administered intravenously for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes.
3. A soft mass of chewed food within the mouth or alimentary canal.
[Medieval Latin blus, from Greek blos, lump of earth.]
Bolus a small rounded mass of a substance.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.bolus - a small round soft mass (as of chewed food)
globe, orb, ball - an object with a spherical shape; "a ball of fire"
2.bolus - a large pill; used especially in veterinary medicine
lozenge, pill, tablet, tab - a dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet


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A mighty man at cutting and drying, he was; a government officer; in his way (and in most other people's too), a professed pugilist; always in training, always with a system to force down the general throat like a bolus, always to be heard of at the bar of his little Public-office, ready to fight all England.
Hard Times by Dickens, Charles View in context
I'll take it on my shoulders, holus bolus, blame and shame, my boy; but stay here, I cannot let you.
Treasure Island by Stevenson, Robert Louis View in context
But the success has not hitherto been answerable, partly by some error in the QUANTUM or composition, and partly by the perverseness of lads, to whom this bolus is so nauseous, that they generally steal aside, and discharge it upwards, before it can operate; neither have they been yet persuaded to use so long an abstinence, as the prescription requires.
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