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bo·lus

(bō′ləs)

n. pl. bo·lus·es

1. A round mass: "A dense bolus of trapped dolphins fills the frame" (Kenneth Browser).

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 digestive tract.

[Medieval Latin bōlus, from Greek bōlos, lump of earth.]

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bolus

(ˈbəʊləs)

n, pl -luses

1. a small round soft mass, esp of chewed food

2. (Pharmacology) an intravenous injection of a single dose of a drug over a short period

3. (Pharmacology) obsolete a large pill or tablet used in veterinary and clinical medicine

4. (Dyeing) another word for bole²

5. (Colours) another word for bole²

[C17: from New Latin, from Greek bōlos clod, lump]

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

bo•lus

(ˈboʊ ləs)

n., pl. -lus•es.

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]

bolus

, chyme - Bolus is chewed food ready for swallowing, and chyme is swallowed, partially digested food.

Bolus

a small rounded mass of a substance.

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Noun	1.	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

Translations

bol alimentaire

bolo

bolus

n pl <-es> (Med) → große Pille

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

bo·lus

n. bolo.

1. cantidad de una sustancia que se administra en determinado tiempo por vía oral o intravenosa para obtener una respuesta inmediata;

2. masa de consistencia suave lista para ser ingerida;

alimentary ___ → ___ alimenticio.

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bolus

n bolo

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Mawmsey that it must lower the character of practitioners, and be a constant injury to the public, if their only mode of getting paid for their work was by their making out long bills for draughts, boluses, and mixtures.

Peacock on a similar occasion had administered a series of boluses which were not otherwise definable than by their remarkable effect in bringing Mrs.

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'I have a desire to hear of that same madrissah.' Mahbub stuffed himself with great boluses of spiced mutton fried in fat with cabbage and golden-brown onions.

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Pullet, shaking her head at the idea that there were but few who could enter fully into her experiences in pink mixture and white mixture, strong stuff in small bottles, and weak stuff in large bottles, damp boluses at a shilling, and draughts at eighteenpence.

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Another 15% of pump users indicated that they don't use combination boluses because they simply don't need them.

Combo bolus advocated for insulin pump therapy

For boluses before meals, the short-acting analogue insulin lispro (Humalog, Eli Lilly & Co.) has been widely adopted since its release in 1996.

Drug Update: Insulin and Insulin Analogues

Results: Mean SD dose of rescue boluses in Tramadol group was 89.26 +- 40.00 mg, while mean of equipotent dose of Nalbuphine group was 134.72 +- 61.81 mg (p<0.001).

A COMPARISON OF EQUIPOTENT DOSES OF TRAMADOL AND NALBUPHINE IN GYNECOLOGICAL LAPAROTOMIES POSTOPERATIVELY

Now he has begun giving iodine boluses to his 23-head suckler herd - and has seen instant results.

Blood detectives solve calf riddle; DEFICIT OF IODINE WAS TO BLAME

More recently, Pinder and colleagues9 studied thehemodynamic effects of IV boluses of oxytocin, 5 and10 IU, in women having Caesarean section under spinal anesthesia and confirmed the dose-related effects of oxytocin.

EFFECT OF SYNTOCINON ADMINISTRATION ON INTRAOPERATIVE MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE (MAP) DURING ELECTIVE CESAREAN DELIVERY

ON Wednesday, on November 27, 11am-2pm, another Farming Connect event will reveal the progress of a dairy cow health trial featuring a hi-tech boluses.