Dictionary Definition
bolus
Noun
1 a small round soft mass (as of chewed
food)
2 a large pill; used especially in veterinary
medicine
User Contributed Dictionary
Noun
Translations
food
- Italian: bolo
Extensive Definition
Bolus can refer to:
- Bolus (medicine) - the administration of a drug, medication or other substance in the form of a single, large dose
- Bolus (digestion) - a ball-shaped mass moving through the digestive tract
- Bolus hook - an instrument in a Jacquard loom
- Bolus can also refer to a pastry from the Netherlands.
- Bolus (also Baulus) is an Anatolian village on the site of ancient Berissa
bolus in Bosnian: Bolus (čvor)
bolus in German: Bolus
bolus in Spanish: Bolus
bolus in French: Bolus
bolus in Interlingua (International Auxiliary
Language Association): Bolus
bolus in Dutch: Bolus
bolus in Simple English: Bolus
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
ball,
balloon, bite, bladder, blob, boll, bubble, bulb, bulbil, bulblet, capsule, champ, chaw, chew, chomp, cud, ellipsoid, geoid, globe, globelet, globoid, globule, glomerulus, gnash, gob, gobbet, knob, knot, lozenge, morsel, mouthful, munch, nibble, nip, oblate spheroid, orb, orbit, orblet, pellet, pill, prolate spheroid, quid, rondure, snap, sphere, spheroid, spherule, swallow, tablet, troche