Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗verb
To administer (a drug) in bolus dosing, that is, dosing in (one or more) boluses. · To take a bolus (dose) of insulin at a mealtime in order to control one's blood glucose level in diabetes.
noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA 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.
From Late Latin bōlus (“clod of earth, lump”), plural bōlī, from Ancient Greek βῶλος (bôlos, “clod, lump”). Doublet of bole.
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