bolus

See also: Bolus and bolús

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EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Late Latin bōlus (“clod of earth, lump”), plural bōlī, from Ancient Greek βῶλος (bôlos, “clod, lump”).

PronunciationEdit

• Rhymes: -əʊləs

NounEdit

bolus (plural boli or boluses)

1. A round mass of something, especially of chewed food in the mouth or alimentary canal.
2. A single, large dose of a drug, especially one in that form.
   • 1863, Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Churchyard

     I gave him a bolus, twice the size of a gooseberry.

Usage notesEdit

• Boli is the somewhat more common plural form of bolus in scholarly use.

TranslationsEdit

round mass of food

• Finnish: pallero (fi)
• French: bol (fr) m

• Italian: bolo (it) m
• Spanish: bolo alimenticio (es) m

large dose of a drug

• Spanish: bolo (es) m

Further readingEdit

• bolus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

AnagramsEdit

• Loubs, bouls, lobus

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EsperantoEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈbolus/

VerbEdit

bolus

1. conditional of boli