Associations to the word «Bolus»

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Wiktionary

BOLUS, noun. A round mass of something, especially of chewed food in the mouth or alimentary canal.
BOLUS, noun. A single, large dose of a drug, especially one in that form.
BOLUS, proper noun. A botanical plant name author abbreviation for botanist Harry Bolus (1834-1911).

Dictionary definition

BOLUS, noun. A small round soft mass (as of chewed food).
BOLUS, noun. A large pill; used especially in veterinary medicine.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope