Term: bolus
Literally
meaning: “soil lump”
Origin: Anc Greek
βῶλος/volos(=lump, a small mass of soil)
Coined/History
masculine singular ending for nouns oς/os > latin- us, masculine singular for nouns
Definition
Bolus is
1.
any roundish mass of
medication larger than an ordinary pill that it is ready to shallow
2.
a concentrated form of a
medication or radioisotope administered in one dose intravenously.
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