/ˈbəʊləs/
OriginFrom Late Latin bōlus (“clod of earth, lump”), plural bōlī, from Ancient Greek βῶλος (bôlos, “clod, lump”). Doublet of bole.
- 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.
“I gave him a bolus, twice the size of a gooseberry.”
- transitiveTo administer (a drug) in bolus dosing, that is, dosing in (one or more) boluses.
- intransitiveTo take a bolus (dose) of insulin at a mealtime in order to control one's blood glucose level in diabetes.
Formsboluses(plural) · boli(nonstandard, plural) · boluses(present, singular, third-person) · bolusing(participle, present) · bolused(participle, past) · bolused(past)
Source: Wiktionary