Look up: bolus

1. Bolus
   a piece of food which is being chewed to break it down into small pieces.
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2. bolus
   [n] - a small round soft mass (as of chewed food) 2. [n] - a large pill
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3. Bolus
   An extra amount of insulin taken to cover an expected rise in blood glucose, often related to a meal or snack.
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4. Bolus
   chewed up mass of food and saliva.
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5. bolus
   an extra amount of insulin taken to cover an expected rise in blood glucose, often related to a meal or snack.
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6. Bolus
   A suppository injected into the rectum or vagina.
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7. bolus
   a material usually having approximately the density and effective atomic number of issue,used in radiotherapy to fill up void spaces,thus delineating the irradiated volume as a simple geometric form,or placed upon the entry surface of the subject,to bring the point of maximum dose to that surface Category: Medicine
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8. Bolus
   Bo'lus noun ; plural Boluses [ Latin bolus bit, morsel; confer German ... lump of earth. See Bole , noun , clay.] A rounded mass of anything, esp. a large pill.
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9. bolus
   A mass of chewed food. ... Any mass or blob travelling through a tube. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...
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10. bolus
    noun a large pill; used especially in veterinary medicine
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11. bolus
    noun a small round soft mass (as of chewed food)
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12. bolus
    (bo´lәs) a rounded mass of food or pharmaceutical preparation ready to be swallowed, or such a mass passing through the gastrointestinal tract. a concentrated mass of pharmaceutical preparation (such as an opaque contrast medium) that is given intravenously or swallowed. a mass of scatt...
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13. Bolus
    • (n.) A rounded mass of anything, esp. a large pill.
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14. bolus
    food that has been chewed and mixed in the mouth with saliva. Chewing helps to reduce food particles to a size readily swallowed; saliva adds ... [1 related articles]
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15. bolus
    (bol) Type: Term Pronunciation: bō′lŭs Definitions: 1. A single, relatively large quantity of a substance, usually one intended for therapeutic use, such as a bolus dose of a drug injected intravenously. 2. A masticated morsel of food or another substance ready to be swallowed...
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16. Bolus
    Bolus can refer to ==Medicine== ==People== ==Other== ...
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17. bolus
    
    • a small round soft mass (as of chewed food)
    • a large pill; used especially in veterinary medicine
    
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18. bolus
    material usually having approximately the density and effective atomic number of tissue, used in radiotherapy to fill up void spaces, thus delineating the irradiated volume as a simple geometric form; or, placed upon the entry surface of the subject, to bring the point of maximum dose to that surface
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19. Bolus
    A bolus is a soft round mass of some medicinal substance larger than a pill, intended to be swallowed at once.
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20. bolus
    (bo;lus) A moistened mass of food that is swallowed from the oral cavity into the pharynx.
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21. bolus
    (bo;lus) A moistened mass of food that is swallowed from the oral cavity into the pharynx.
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22. Bolus
    [medicine] In medicine, a bolus (from Latin bolus, ball) is the administration of a medication, drug or other compound that is given to raise its concentration in blood to an effective level. The administration can be given intravenously, by intramuscular, intrathecal or subcutaneous injecti...
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23. Bolus
    [digestion] In digestion, a bolus (from Latin bolus, ball) is a mass of food that (with animals that can chew) has been chewed at the point of swallowing. Under normal circumstances, the bolus then travels to the stomach for further digestion. ...
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24. Bolus
    [radiation therapy] In radiation therapy, bolus is a material which has properties equivalent to tissue when irradiated. It is widely used in practice, with its function falling into one of the following two categories: ==Compensating for missing tissue or irregular tissue shape== It must be...
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25. Bolus
    an object placed in the reticulum of the rumen, remaining there for some time or permanently. Used for long-term administration of medicines, or as a secure location for an electronic marking chip.[2]
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