bolus
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8.9
- noun
- /ˈboʊləs/
- Specialized
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bolus
- My eyes clouded with tears, and then my brain fogged over as a bolus of intravenous analgesia hit my brain.
Examples
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The bolus stays in a cow's stomach, slowly delivering insect growth regulators and thwarting the development of dung-breeding flies.
Academic text (1996) -
I just gave him a bolus of lidocaine.
Fiction book (1994) -
We've given the Lasix bolus, and the output is limited.
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The bolus administration is commonly associated with adverse side effects deriving from a temporary regional overdose to which patients are subject following each administration.
Academic text (2011) -
In this situation, the hypothetical animal has been fed a bolus of isotopically labeled tracer.
Academic text (2011) -
He sat on it while I shoved a bolus on a plunger down its throat.
Fiction book (1997) -
In another improved delivery system to reduce the amount of pesticide used to control livestock pests, Miller devised a sustained-release pill called a bolus.
Academic text (1996) -
Despite this realization, the most common approaches to drug administration in current medicine are oral or intravenous delivery of bolus (a large amount of drug delivered all at once at regular intervals) or intravenous slow infusions.
Academic text (2011) -
The veterinarian administered a large bolus of medication to the sick dog.
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After the surgery, the nurse gave the horse a bolus of pain relief.
Synonyms
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2.5
A small solid pill you swallow for medicine
28
1.0
A small object shaped like a round tablet of medicine
1
3.5
A small smooth pill shaped like a capsule that is easy to swallow
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Etymology
Bolus comes from the old Greek word bolos, meaning 'lump', and this idea moved into medicine as a single 'lump' of medicine. So a Bolus can mean a large single pill or dose, often given to animals.