Bolus

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A round mass: "A dense bolus of trapped dolphins fills the frame” ( Kenneth Browser).
  • n. A single, relatively large quantity of a substance, such as a dose of a drug, intended for therapeutic use and taken orally.
  • n. A concentrated mass of a substance administered intravenously for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes.
  • n. A soft mass of chewed food within the mouth or alimentary canal.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A round mass of something, especially of chewed food in the mouth or alimentary canal.
  • n. A single, large dose of a drug, especially one in that form.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A rounded mass of anything, esp. a large pill.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A soft round mass of anything medicinal, larger than an ordinary pill, to be swallowed at once.
  • n. Figuratively, anything disagreeable, as an unpalatable doctrine or argument, that has to be accepted or tolerated.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a small round soft mass (as of chewed food)
  • n. a large pill; used especially in veterinary medicine
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    ball    orb    globe    pill    tablet    tab    lozenge   
    Rhyme
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    Gladiolus    colas    gladiolus    polis    violists   
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