Bolus
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noun.
A round mass.
noun.
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noun.
A single, relatively large quantity of a substance, such as a dose of a drug, intended for therapeutic use and taken orally.
noun.
A concentrated mass of a substance administered intravenously for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes.
noun.
A soft mass of chewed food within the mouth or digestive tract.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
A soft round mass of anything medicinal, larger than an ordinary pill, to be swallowed at once.
noun.
Figuratively, anything disagreeable, as an unpalatable doctrine or argument, that has to be accepted or tolerated.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
A rounded mass of anything, esp. a large pill.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
noun.
A
round
mass
of something, especially of
chewed
food
in the
mouth
or
alimentary canal
.
noun.
A single, large
dose
of a
drug
, especially one in that form.
WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
noun.
a small round soft mass (as of chewed food)
noun.
a large pill; used especially in veterinary medicine
Word Usage
"In reading messages I see the word bolus or something like that."
Hypernym
Words that are more generic or abstract
ball
globe
lozenge
orb
pill
Rhyme
Words with the same terminal sound
Gladiolus
colas
gladiolus
polis
violists
Same Context
Words that are found in similar contexts
catheters
cddl
coliform
collapsibility
dosage
Synonym
Words with the same meaning
ball
balloon
bite
bladder
blob