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bolus

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbəʊləs/

• Rhymes: -əʊləs

Noun

bolus (plural boluses or (nonstandard) boli)

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.

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Verb

bolus (third-person singular simple present boluses, present participle bolusing, simple past and past participle bolused)

1. (transitive) To administer (a drug) in bolus dosing, that is, dosing in (one or more) boluses.
2. (intransitive) To take a bolus (dose) of insulin at a mealtime in order to control one's blood glucose level in diabetes.

   Coordinate term: prebolus

See also

• holus-bolus

Further reading

• bolus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Loubs, bouls, lobus

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈboː.lʏs/
• Hyphenation: bo‧lus

Etymology 1

Generally regarded as borrowed from Yiddish [Term?], from Ladino [Term?], from Spanish bollo or bola.

Noun

bolus m (plural bolussen, diminutive bolusje n)

1. a sweet, soft pastry containing cinnamon from Zeeland, originating from European Jewish cuisine
2. (colloquial, Netherlands, by extension) a turd, a pat

Alternative forms

• bole (dated)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin bōlus, from Ancient Greek βῶλος (bôlos).

Noun

bolus m or f (plural bolussen)

1. a type of fat clay

   Synonym: bool

Hyponyms

• zegelaarde

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbolus/

Verb

bolus

1. conditional of boli

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek βόλος (bólos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈbo.lus/, [ˈbɔɫ̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈbo.lus/, [ˈbɔːlus]

Noun

bolus m (genitive bolī); second declension

1. A throw (of the dice); a cast (of a fishing net)
2. A gain, profit, or advantage

Declension

Second-declension noun.

References

• “bolus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “bolus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers