BOLUS


Meaning of BOLUS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈbō-ləs ]

noun

( plural bo·lus·es )

Etymology: Late Latin, from Greek bōlos lump

Date: 1562

1. : a rounded mass: as

a. : a large pill

b. : a soft mass of chewed food

2. : a dose of a substance (as a drug) given intravenously ; specifically : a large dose given for the purpose of rapidly achieving the needed therapeutic concentration in the bloodstream

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.