bolus

See also: Bolus and bolús

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -əʊləs

Noun

bolus (plural boli or boluses)

A round mass of something, especially of chewed food in the mouth or alimentary canal.
A single, large dose of a drug, especially one in that form.
- 1863, Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Churchyard
  I gave him a bolus, twice the size of a gooseberry.

Usage notes

Boli is the somewhat more common plural form of bolus in scholarly use.

Translations

round mass of food

Finnish: pallero (fi)
French: bol (fr) m

Italian: bolo (it) m
Spanish: bolo alimenticio (es) m

large dose of a drug

Spanish: bolo (es) m

Further reading

bolus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

Loubs, bouls, lobus

Esperanto

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbolus/

Verb

bolus

conditional of boli

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