Look up bolus in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Bolus may refer to: Bolus, Iran, a village in Ardabil Province, Iran Bolus, or Baulus, an Anatolian village...

In medicine, a bolus (from Latin bolus, ball) is the administration of a discrete amount of medication, drug, or other compound within a specific time...

In digestion, a bolus (from Latin bolus, "ball") is a ball-like mixture of food and saliva that forms in the mouth during the process of chewing (which...

food bolus obstruction. In an emergency room setting, someone with food bolus obstruction may be observed for a period to see if the food bolus passes...

Bolu, formerly Claudiopolis (Greek: Κλαυδιούπολις), is a city in northern Turkey, and administrative center of the Bolu Province and of Bolu District,...

bakers created the predecessor of the Zeeuwse bolus. Later bakers from Zeeland perfected the art of the bolus, sometimes using steam ovens to keep the cinnamon...

caudal to the bolus. This allows the food bolus to effectively be pushed forward along the digestive tract. After food is chewed into a bolus, it is swallowed...

factors. In some cases, a bolus of plain IV solution (i.e. without medication added) is administered immediately after the bolus to further force the medicine...

daily injections. Many modern insulin pumps have a "bolus wizard" that calculates how much bolus insulin is needed, taking into account expected carbohydrate...

silicates of aluminum and possibly magnesium. Historically, the term bolu or bolus was used only for medicinal earths and Armenian bole was used as an...